border
verb/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
/ˈbɔːrdər/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- 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.
- 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.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French bordeure; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board.
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