Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To put a border on something.

    begrenzen

    ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ, ограни́читьograníčitʹ

    provide with a border or edge

  2. (transitive)To form a border around; to bound.

    form the boundary of; be contiguous to

  3. (transitive)To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.

    Denmark borders Germany to the south.

    angrenzen, säumen, umranden

    грани́читьgraníčitʹ

    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

  4. (intransitive)To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).

    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

  5. (intransitive)To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Examples

571 sentences
  1. Tom was arrested when he crossed the border.

    Тома заарештували, коли він перетинав кордон. — deniko

  2. We want to get to the border.

    Ми хочемо дістатися до кордону. — deniko

    ruМы хотим добраться до границы. — Ooneykcall

    deWir wollen zur Grenze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We live near the border.

    Ми живемо біля кордону. — deniko

    ruМы живем рядом с границей. — sharptoothed

    deWir wohnen in der Nähe der Grenze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom can't cross the border.

    Том не може перетнути кордон. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruТом не может пересечь границу. — odexed

  5. Tom is a border patrol agent.

    Том - агент прикордонного патруля. — MaxUA

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
(transitive) to put a border on something:
(transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(transitive) to put a border on something:
(transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

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Forms

borders, bordering, bordered, bordered
Base formborder · to border
3rd person singularborders
Present participlebordering
Past simplebordered
Past participlebordered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyborder
he, she, itborders

Past simpleLesson

all personsbordered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bordered
he, she, ithas bordered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill border

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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