Thesaurus results for BORDERED

bordered

verb

past tense of border

as in bounded

to serve as a border for that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off

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Recent Examples of bordered Its east, home to the kingdom's oil fields, is bordered by the Persian Gulf — all that separates Saudi Arabia from longtime foe Iran. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Two of the world’s most strategic maritime chokepoints, the Suez Canal and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, are bordered by African shores. — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026 Yet a soft travel case with an X-Ray print of toiletries; a yo-yo bordered with the alphabet from Japanese games company Freshthings; and a monogrammed metal zester add variety to the mix. — Amy Verner, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026 The Medinah course is located in the unincorporated community of Medinah, which is bordered by Itasca, Roselle and Bloomingdale. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026 Two brick chimneys bordered a shingled roof, the front portico edged by columns. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 Neighborhoods like Boyle Heights — which is over 90% Latino — are bordered by freeways, leading to poorer air quality, a 2017 UCLA study showed. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 It is bordered to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and to the south by New York. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Fenced paddocks spread over rolling hills are bordered by dense woodland. — Mark David, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordered

Verb

Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Finally the buck turned, bounded up on top of the bank, still in thickets where no arrow could get through, and started to walk around my tree.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bounded

Verb

Hybrid pic shot over several years in which a child, Germán, lives isolate in a village, surrounded by adults and elderly people.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Blake's mother, Christina Smith, had planned to pick up her son that day but instead arrived to find the neighborhood surrounded by police.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026