bordering

Meaning of bordering

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. form an edge along or beside (something).
    a pool bordered by palm trees
  2. (of a country or area) be adjacent to (another country or area).
    regions bordering Azerbaijan
    the states bordering on the Black Sea
  3. come close to or be developing into (an extreme condition).
    Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria

late Middle English: from Old French bordeure ; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to board.

Information about bordering

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of bordering is: borderings.
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Hyphenation of bordering

bor-der-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • bordering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

bordering synonyms

Meaning be all round (someone or something):

surround

Meaning surround or close off on all sides:

enclose

Meaning form a circle around; surround:

encircle

Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:

circle

Meaning provide with a border or edge:

edge

Meaning be situated along or around the edge of:

skirt

Meaning decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe:

fringe

Meaning turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth):

hem

Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:

bound

Meaning stand or be positioned at intervals along:

line

Meaning be on each or on one side of:

flank

Meaning be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land):

adjoin

Meaning (of a place or object) be situated next to or very near (another):

neighbour

Meaning come into or be in contact with:

touch

Meaning link; connect:

join

Meaning bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established:

connect

Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):

meet

Meaning stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something:

reach

Meaning come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time:

approach

Meaning have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like:

resemble

Words that rhyme with bordering

Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing

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