| border | |
| 1. n. The outer edge of something. | |
| the borders of the garden | |
| 2. n. A decorative strip around the edge of something. | |
| There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame. | |
| a solid border around a table of figures | |
| 3. n. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. | |
| 4. n. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. | |
| The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world. | |
| 5. n. (British) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of danc | |
| 6. v. To put a border on something. | |
| 7. v. To form a border around; to bound. | |
| 8. v. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. | |
| Denmark borders Germany to the south. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). | |
| Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). | |
