Meaning of border in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The outer edge of something.

  Example: the borders of the garden

• A decorative strip around the edge of something.

  Example: There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

• A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

• The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

  Example: The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.

• 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.

• A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

verb

• To put a border on something.

• To form a border around; to bound.

• To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

  Example: Denmark borders Germany to the south.

• To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

  Example: Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

• To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).