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Webster 1913 Edition

Border

Bor′der

,
Noun.
[OE.
bordure
, F.
bordure
, fr.
border
to border, fr.
bord
a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G.
borte
trimming, ribbon; akin to E.
board
in sense 8. See
Board
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Bordure
.]
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.
Border land
,
land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; – often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.
–
The Border
,
The Borders
,
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.

Bor′der

,
Verb.
I.
[
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.

Bor′der

,
Verb.
T.
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Border

BORD'ER

,
Noun.
The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or exterior limit of a country, or of any region or tract of land; the exterior part or edge of a garment, or of the corol of plants; the rim or brim of a vessel, but not often applied to vessels; the exterior part of a garden, and hence a bank raised at the side of a garden, for the cultivation of flowers, and a row of plants; in short, the outer part or edge of things too numerous to be specified.

BORD'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To confine; to touch at the edge, side or end; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon; as, Connecticut on the north borders on or upon Massachusetts.
1.
To approach near to.
Wit, which borders upon profaneness, deserves to be branded as folly.

BORD'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To make a border; to adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden.
1.
To reach to; to touch at the edge or end; to confine upon; to be contiguous to.
Sheba and Raamah border the Persian gulf.
2.
To confine within bounds; to limit. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

border

border

See also: börder

English

Noun

border ‎(plural borders)

  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
    • Bentham
      upon the borders of these solitudes
    • Barrow
      in the borders of death
  2. 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. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
      The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
    The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.‎
  5. (Britain) 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 dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border ‎(third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  3. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on or upon).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  4. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge.
    • Archbishop Tillotson
      Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

Translations

Derived terms

French

Etymology

bord +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

border

  1. to border (add a border to)
  2. to border (share a border with)

Conjugation

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

border n

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology

Middle English bordure, from Old French bordure, bordeure, from border ‎(“to border”), from bort, bord ‎(“a border”), of Germanic origin akin to Middle High German borte ‎(“border, trim”), German Borte ‎(“ribbon, trimming”). More at board.

Pronunciation

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