- 1border something (of a country or an area) to share a border with another country or area the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico
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- 2border something to form a line along or around the edge of something Meadows bordered the path to the woods. The large garden is bordered by a stream. Phrasal Verbsborder on
border
verbNAmE//ˈbɔrdər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they border he / she / it borders
past simple bordered
-ing form bordering
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