border

Meanings

Noun

• The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
• The outer edge of something.
• A decorative strip around the edge of something.
• A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
• border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
• A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Verb

• To put a border on something.
• To form a border around; to bound.
• To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
• To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
• To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Origin

• Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord + -er.
• Akin to Middle High German borte, German Borte. bordure. More at board.