border

border [bôr′dər]

n.

[ME & OFr bordure < border, to border < Frank * bord, margin: see BOARD]

1. an edge or a part near an edge; margin; side

2. a dividing line between two countries, states, etc. or the land along it; frontier

3. a narrow strip, often ornamental, along an edge; fringe; edging

4. an ornamental strip of flowers or shrubs along the edge of a garden, walk, etc.

vt.

1. to provide with a border

2. to extend along the edge of; bound

adj.

of, forming, or near a border

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border on or border upon

1. to be next to or adjoining

2. to be like; almost be [his grief borders on madness]

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the Borders

the area surrounding the boundary between Scotland and England

SYN.- BORDER refers to the boundary of a surface and may imply the limiting line itself or the part of the surface immediately adjacent to it; MARGIN implies a bordering strip more or less clearly defined by some distinguishing feature [the margin of a printed page ]; EDGE refers to the limiting line itself or the terminating line at the sharp convergence of two surfaces [the edge of a box ]; RIM is applied to the edge of a circular or curved surface; BRIM refers to the inner rim at the top of a vessel, etc.; BRINK refers to the edge at the top of a steep slope. All of these terms have figurative application [the border of good taste, a margin of error, an edge on one's appetite, the rim of consciousness, a mind filled to the brim, the brink of disaster ]