Border — Defs

01 n. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

1.
The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
“Upon the borders of these solitudes.” — Bentham.

“In the borders of death.” — Barrow.
2.
A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
3.
A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
4.
A narrow flower bed.

Phrases & compounds

Border land — land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.

The Border — specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.

Over the border — across the boundary line or frontier.

Syn. Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.

02 v. i. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

imp. & p. p. Bordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering

1.
To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
2.
To approach; to come near to; to verge.
“Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.” — Abp. Tillotson.

03 v. t. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

1.
To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
2.
To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.
“The country is bordered by a broad tract called the “hot region.”” — Prescott.

“Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf.” — Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
To confine within bounds; to limit.[Obs.]
“That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself.” — Shak.