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borderlining

borderlining is the present participle and gerund of borderline.

Meaning of borderline

Verb

borderline (third-person singular simple present borderlines, present participle borderlining, simple past and past participle borderlined)

  1. (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

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Questions about borderlining

What is borderlining the present participle and gerund of?
Borderlining is the present participle and gerund of borderline.

Words near borderlining in the dictionary

  1. borderlined
  2. borderlineness
  3. borderliner
  4. borderliners
  5. borderlines
  6. borderlining
  7. borderlinking
  8. bordermark
  9. bordermarks
  10. borderplex
  11. borderplexes

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