Antonyms for border
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bawr-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr dər |
Definition of border
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
- Did not this seem to border upon cruelty, my dear, in so indulgent a mother?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- "I shall have to retreat over the border as quickly as I can," he continued.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- All along the Afghan border every man's house is his castle.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The man, trained so long in border war, was thoroughly in his element.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- You're not fra Wales or the border counties, zur, that be very clear.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The escape, if the Captain's story were true, appeared to border upon the miraculous.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He had taken a position as a teacher in Sutschoufu, on the border of Shantung.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Poe could indeed do it, although he hovered at times near the border of insanity.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- So we rattled through Surrey and across the border into Sussex.
- Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
- Another case of border superstition is related to me by McWhorter.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
Synonyms for border
- 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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