Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun border

5 senses of border

Sense 1
boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete -- (a line that indicates a boundary)
       => boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Sense 2
margin, border, perimeter -- (the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary)
       => boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)

Sense 3
edge, border -- (the boundary of a surface)
       => boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Sense 4
molding, moulding, border -- (a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge)
       => edge -- (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge")

Sense 5
border -- (a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border")
       => edge -- (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb border

5 senses of border

Sense 1
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")
       => touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")

Sense 2
bound, border -- (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
       => enclose, hold in, confine -- (close in; darkness enclosed him")
          Phrasal Verb-> border on#1

Sense 3
frame, frame in, border -- (enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture")
       => enclose, close in, inclose, shut in -- (surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence")

Sense 4
border, edge -- (provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 5
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on -- (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland")
       => touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")