bordering
Meaning of bordering
verb, gerund or present participle
- form an edge along or beside (something).
a pool bordered by palm trees
- (of a country or area) be adjacent to (another country or area).
regions bordering Azerbaijan
the states bordering on the Black Sea
- 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.
- Languages in which bordering is used:
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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):
Meaning surround or close off on all sides:
Meaning form a circle around; surround:
Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:
Meaning provide with a border or edge:
Meaning be situated along or around the edge of:
Meaning decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe:
Meaning turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth):
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning stand or be positioned at intervals along:
Meaning be on each or on one side of:
Meaning be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land):
Meaning (of a place or object) be situated next to or very near (another):
Meaning come into or be in contact with:
Meaning link; connect:
Meaning bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established:
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
Meaning stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something:
Meaning come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time:
Meaning have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like:
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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