bor·der /ˈbɔrdɚ/
 邊框邊緣,邊境,花壇(vt.)在…上鑲邊,接近(vi.)接界,近似
 bor·der /ˈbɔrdɚ/ 名詞
 邊緣,邊界
 border
 邊 邊界
 Bor·der n.
 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
    Upon the borders of these solitudes.   --Bentham.
    In the borders of death.   --Barrow.
 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
 4. A narrow flower bed.
 Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.
 The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.
 Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier.
 Syn: -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.
 Bor·der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bordered p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering.]
 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
 2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
    Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.   --Abp. Tillotson.
 Bor·der, v. t.
 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
 2. To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.
    The country is bordered by a broad tract called the =\“hot region.”\=   --Prescott.
    Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
 3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.]
 That nature, which contemns its origin,
 Can not be bordered certain in itself.   --Shak.
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 border
      n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, borderline,
            delimitation, mete]
      2: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the
         boundary [syn: margin, perimeter]
      3: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge]
      4: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding,
          moulding]
      5: a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a
         wide blue border"
      v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
           surrounds my property" [syn: surround, skirt]
      2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound]
      3: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame,
          frame in]
      4: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with
         embroidery" [syn: edge]
      5: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
         the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: adjoin,
          edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]