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Definition of border verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

border

verb
 
/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
 
/ˈbɔːrdər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they border
 
/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
 
/ˈbɔːrdər/
he / she / it borders
 
/ˈbɔːdəz/
 
/ˈbɔːrdərz/
past simple bordered
 
/ˈbɔːdəd/
 
/ˈbɔːrdərd/
past participle bordered
 
/ˈbɔːdəd/
 
/ˈbɔːrdərd/
-ing form bordering
 
/ˈbɔːdərɪŋ/
 
/ˈbɔːrdərɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. border something (of a country or an area) to share a border with another country or area
    • the countries bordering the Baltic
    • a mountainous region bordering Pakistan
    • Albania is bordered to the north by Serbia and Montenegro.
  2. border 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.
    • A hedge borders the path.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board.
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