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bordering

bordering is the present participle and gerund of border.

Meaning of border

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
  3. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
    • Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  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).
    • Wit which borders upon profaneness […]deserves to be branded as folly.1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon II. The Folly of Scoffing at Religion. 2 Pet[er] III. 3.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B....

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Adjective

bordering (not comparable)

  1. Having a common boundary or border
    • France and Spain are bordering nations.
    • King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV

Noun

bordering (plural borderings)

  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
    • White silk borderings and silver buckles.1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine

Forms of bordering

pluralborderings

Phrases with bordering

Questions about bordering

What does bordering mean?
Bordering means having a common boundary or border.
What is bordering the present participle and gerund of?
Bordering is the present participle and gerund of border.
What part of speech is bordering?
Bordering can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bordering in the dictionary

  1. bordered on
  2. borderer
  3. borderers
  4. bordergore
  5. Borderies
  6. bordering
  7. bordering on
  8. borderings
  9. borderism
  10. borderization
  11. borderjumper

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