| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary: borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim, verge. Chiefly Military : perimeter. See EDGE. 2. The line or area separating geopolitical units: borderland, boundary, frontier, march2, marchland. See EDGE, TERRITORY. | | VERB: | 1. To be contiguous or next to: abut, adjoin, bound2, butt2, join, meet1, neighbor, touch, verge. See NEAR. 2. To put or form a border on: bound2, edge, fringe, margin, rim, skirt, verge. See EDGE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | border on To come near, as in quality or amount: approach, approximate, challenge, rival, verge on. See SAME.
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