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Definition of border
1 : an outer part or edge at the borders of the forest
2 textiles : an ornamental design at the edge of a fabric or rug
3 : a narrow bed of planted ground along the edge of a lawn or walkway a border of tulips
4 : boundary on the border between New York and Canada crossed the border into Italy
5 : a plain or decorative margin around printed matter wedding invitations with a delicate gold leaf border
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Examples of border in a Sentence
He grew up in Malaysia, near the Indonesian border.
They live just beyond the western border of the park.
the border of the Sahara
The quilt is quite plain except for its colorful border.
a broad red border on each plate
He planted pansies in the border.
Recent Examples of border from the Web
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Few are advocating a military intervention that could endanger millions of lives in allied South Korea across the border.
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Labor shortages and rising wages are prompting manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta, China’s export powerhouse across the border from Hong Kong, to explore automation and robots, a report by Standard Chartered Plc showed.
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Chihuahua has a long history of drug-war violence, including in Ciudad Juarez, the border town that came to symbolize the savagery of the violence.
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The North could send tanks and troops across the border and drop special forces into the South’s ports.
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At least one person was injured late Wednesday afternoon and taken to an area hospital, following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 88 near the Naperville-Aurora border, authorities said.
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Even the border wall settled into a low spot on the list of priorities.
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Some cities have revealed who wants to grow medical marijuana within their borders.
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At Casanova Historic Liquors, the first liquor store in Hudson over the border, Benjamin Perkel doesn’t think the law change will hurt sales much.
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Origin and Etymology of border
Middle English bordure, from Anglo-French, from border to border, from Old French bort border, of Germanic origin; probably akin to Old English bord board
border
Definition of border
bordered
;bordering
play \ˈbȯr-d(ə-)riŋ\transitive verb
1 : to put a border on a rug bordered with a pattern of leaves bordered the garden with pansies
2 : to touch at the edge or boundary : bound borders the city on the south Slovenia borders Poland
intransitive verb
1 : to lie on the border the U.S. borders on Canada
2 : to approach the nature of a specified thing : verge borders on the ridiculous
Examples of border in a Sentence
Their property borders the park.
Tall trees border the avenue.
Two rivers border the city.
Recent Examples of border from the Web
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A shallow reflecting pool plays tricks with approaching guests, disguising itself as a continuation of the large slate gray tiles bordering the restaurant’s entrance.
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Moore said there is a heavy concentration of veterans in his district, which borders the Army base Fort Rucker.
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The shooting happened around 1:20 p.m. Friday at 2390 S. University Drive in the bustling retail-and-restaurant Tower Shops area, bordered by Interstate 595 and Nova Southeastern University.
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Given the potent Washington Nationals’ offense and the current state of the Mariners’ starting pitching, which borders somewhere between not good and Class AAA, allowing a mass of runs seemed to be more than just a possibility.
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In 2015, the city of Chicago, which borders Park Ridge, began raising its minimum wage, with a goal of reaching $13 per hour in 2019.
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Thousands of miles from his home and family, Jose Escobar lives in a small rural community in La Unión, El Salvador, amid fields of sugar cane and corn, bordered by the Chaparrastique volcano and the Gulf of Fonseca.
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Edward lives near the country’s wine region, alongside the river Moselle, which borders Germany.
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The basin is in Santee, adjacent to the San Diego River, bordered by Cuyamaca Street, Riverwalk Drive, Magnolia Avenue and the Riverview Office Park.
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First Known Use of border
14th century
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Definition of border for Students
1 : a boundary especially of a country or state
2 : the outer edge of something the border of the woods
3 : a decorative strip on or near the edge of something
Definition of border for Students
bordered
;bordering
1 : to put a border on Border the garden with flowers.
2 : to be close or next to The United States borders on Canada.
Medical Dictionary
border
playMedical Definition of border
: an outer part or edge—see brush border
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