border (ˈbɔːdə
)
Definitions
noun
- a band or margin around or along the edge of something
- the dividing line or frontier between political or geographic regions
- a region straddling such a boundary
- ((as modifier) ⇒
border country
- a design or ornamental strip around the edge or rim of something, such as a printed page or dinner plate
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a border illustration
- a long narrow strip of ground planted with flowers, shrubs, trees, etc, that skirts a path or wall or surrounds a lawn or other area ⇒
a herbaceous border
verb
- (tr) to decorate or provide with a border
- when intr, foll by on or upon
- to be adjacent (to); lie along the boundary (of) ⇒
his land borders on mine
- to be nearly the same (as); verge (on) ⇒
his stupidity borders on madness
- to be adjacent (to); lie along the boundary (of) ⇒
Word Origin
C14: from Old French bordure , from border to border, from bort side of a ship, of Germanic origin; see board2Border2 (ˈbɔːdə)
Definitions
noun
- Allan (Robert). born 1955, Australian cricketer; captain of Australia (1985–94)
Translations
- British English:
border
The border between two countries is the dividing line between them.They escaped across the border.ˈbɔːdə NOUN They escaped across the border.
- Spanish:
frontera
nf
- French:
frontière
nf
- German:
Grenze
nf
- Chinese: 边界 n
- Arabic: حاشِيَة n
- Portuguese: fronteira nf
- Russian: граница nf
- Croatian: granica nf
- Czech: hranice nf
- Danish: grænse nutr
- Dutch: grens n
- Finnish: raja n
- Greek: σύνορο nnt
- Italian: confine nm
- Japanese: 境界 n
- Korean: 경계 n
- Norwegian: grense nm
- Polish: granica nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: fronteira nf
- European Spanish:
frontera
nf
- Swedish: gräns nutr
- Thai: ขอบเขต n
- Turkish: sınır n
- Vietnamese: biên giới n
Usage examples
He had apparently lost two of his servants a few months back, having sent the children over the border to spy on the Medalonians.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)On the Lupin Trail Lupins have always been celebrated as striking border plants.
Country Life (2004)Mr Stevenson said the group was not talking about sending large quantities of cattle across the border.
Irish Times (2002)TONY Blair got his first Scottish grilling of the campaign yesterday as he toured Labour's four key marginals north of the border.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The last thing he wanted was a return to the horrors north of the border.
, GOD'S SECRETARIES: The Making of the King James Bible (2003)