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Antonyms for borders
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bawr-derz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr dərz |
Definition of borders
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (cf. Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
- noun outermost edge, margin
- noun boundary; frontier
- verb bound on; be on the edge
- It's just on the borders of Lenox, and it's bound to come up when this blows over.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Did you not tell me that on the day when you prepared your borders this man followed you?
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- The Indians on the borders of the settled States were troublesome.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- Oh, how stately the hollyhocks towered on the borders of the shrubbery!
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Caesar led his army into Italy to the borders of the Rubicon.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- How much gold had passed, mingled with the grass and the flowers on its borders?
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Keep the borders clear from weeds, and stir the earth about the roots of the trees; this will hasten the ripening of the fruit.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Or sow with hemp all the borders where cabbages are planted, so as to enclose them, and not one of these vermin will approach.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- It is a little shut-in place of darkness on the borders of the light.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- Along their borders dwelt no human being; but life was there, life in abundance.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for borders
- abut
- adjoin
- be adjacent to
- beginning
- bind
- borderline
- bound
- boundary
- bounds
- brim
- brink
- circumference
- circumscribe
- communicate
- confine
- contour
- decorate
- define
- delineate
- door
- edge
- encircle
- enclose
- end
- entrance
- extremity
- flank
- frame
- fringe
- hem
- join
- limit
- line
- lip
- march
- marchland
- margin
- mark off
- neighbor
- outline
- outpost
- outskirt
- pale
- perimeter
- periphery
- rim
- selvage
- set off
- side
- sideline
- skirt
- surround
- threshold
- touch
- trim
- trimming
- verge
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