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Definition: Border |
BorderNoun1. A line that indicates a boundary. 2. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. 3. The boundary of a surface. 4. A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. 5. A strip forming the outer edge of something: "the rug had a wide blue border". Verb1. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property". 2. Form the boundary of; be contiguous to. 3. Enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture". 4. Provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery". 5. Lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "border" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Printed, coloured strips of paper, sometimes with a fancy cut edge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | A strip of curtain stretched horizontally across the front top of the stage. . . used to form the top of a setting and mask the flies. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | An ornamental strip of flowers or shrubs along the edge of a garden, walk, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An earth ridge for controlling the flow of irrigation water by limiting lateral spread. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | In cartography, the area of a map or chart lying between the neatline and the surrounding framework. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Border (The ). The frontier of England and Scotland, which, from the eleventh to the fifteenth century, was the field of constant forays, and a most fertile source of ill blood between North and South Britain. "March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale; Why the deil dinna-ye march forward in order? March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale- All the Blue Bonnets are bound for the border." Sir Walter Scott: The Monastery. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Math | A string v which is both a prefix and a suffix of another string u. String v is the border of u if it is the longest proper border of u. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Border has several different, but related meanings:
See also: political science
- A border can be a margin around the edge of something, such as a lawn, garden, photograph, sheet of paper or even a country.
- A hebaceous border is a narrow strip of plants along the edge of a garden path or a lawn or fence.
- A thing can be said to be on the border if it lies in a grey area at the edge of a category or condition or borderline between two different situations but not clearly in one or the other.
- Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal juridictions, such as governments, states or countries. For the purpose of border control, airports and seaports are also treated as borders. Most countries have some form of border control to restrict or limit the movement of people, animals and goods into or out of the country. In order to cross borders people need passports and visas or other appropriate forms of identification. To stay or work within a country's borders an alien, or foreign person, may need special immigration documents or permits that authorise them to do so. Moving goods across a border often requires the payment of excise tax, which are often collected by customs officials. Animals moving across borders often need to be put in quarantine, to prevent the spread of exotic animal diseases. Most countries prohibit carrying illegal drug or endangered animals across their borders. Moving goods, animals or people, illegally across a border, without declaring them, seeking permission, or deliberately evading official inspection is known as smuggling.
See also: Scottish Border
- The border country is the an area of lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. Before the two kingdomss were united, the lowland clans would switch alliegance between the Scottish and English thrones depending on what was most favourable for the members of the clan.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Border."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Border country is the area of lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. Before the two kingdoms were united, the lowland clans would switch alliegance between the Scottish and English thrones depending on what was most favourable for the members of the clan. This made the area into a lawless hive of thieves, outlaws, robbers, cattle plunderers, and the like. Lowland clans should not be confused with the Highland clan; the lowland clan was a much looser structure, with far less in the way of clan culture or a recognition of clan history. Notable Border clans include the Armstrongs and the Ogilvies.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Border country."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland, and also the Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. Based in Carlisle in England, Border TV has had the complex task of serving three very different regions, particularly given the political differences between England and Scotland, and the fact that the Isle of Man is not even part of the United Kingdom. However, this has been remedied by the introduction of separate bulletins for England and Scotland.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Border Television."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BORDER | English | Business Opportunities for Regional Development and Economic Regeneration | Economics |
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Synonyms: BorderSynonyms: borderline (n), boundary line (n), delimitation (n), margin (n), molding (n), moulding (n), perimeter (n), abut (v), adjoin (v), bound (v), butt (v), butt against (v), butt on (v), edge (v), frame (v), frame in (v), skirt (v), surround (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: drop-ins (fine arts, sports & leisure). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agriculture | Field, meadow, garden; botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden; nursery; green house, hot house; conservatory, bed, border, seed plot; grassplot, grassplat, lawn; park. (pleasure ground); parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard; vineyard, vinery; orangery; farm. (abode). |
Beginning | Entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule; propylaeum; skirts, border; (edge). |
Circumjacence | Outpost; border; (edge); girdle; (circumference); outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity. |
Distance | Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. |
Edge | Noun: edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle. |
Adjective: border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated. | |
Nearness | Verb: be near; Adjective: adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn. |
Ornament | Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Border |
| English words defined with "border": Border land. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "border": Border Crosser, border disk, border drag, Border Gateway Protocol, BORDER GUARD, border inspection post, border measurer, BORDER MEASURER AND CUTTER, Border Minstrel, border patrol agent, Border Patrol Sector, Border States ♦ corrosion border ♦ grand drapery border ♦ proscenium border ♦ resorption border ♦ swag border. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "border": Praetexta. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Border" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (bind, border, edge, rim, verge). |
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Screenplays | I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Where's the honor here? Where? Now, we're taking the survivors to the border. Are you coming (Rambo III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) A woman's shoulders are the front lines of her mystique, and her neck, if she's alive, has all the mystery of a border town (The Devil's Advocate; writing credit: Tony Gilroy and Jonathan Lemkin. Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman.) Personally, I find most experiences border on the existential (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) We've gotta protect the world border. (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings) | |
Lyrics | To make it to the border of Mexico (Ride Like the Wind; performing artist: Christopher Cross) Let's drive to town across the border line (Love Radiates Around; performing artist: The Roches) The last part of which is completely irrelevant, as with the whole thing I guess, except, it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song which is one of those things about that magic, and romantic land south of the border. (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) Just 'cross the border and into the city (Fast Car; performing artist: Tracy Chapman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Border Confirmed: The Treaty of Washington: 1867-1871 (1969) Border Lust (1967) Four Guns to the Border (1954) Border City Rustlers (1953) Over the Border (1950) | |
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 | Seen is melanoma with a border that is uneven, ragged, or notched. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | This large (7 by 11 mm) macular lesion displays an irregular, scalloped border, which is indistinct in some areas. In addition to hues of tan and brown, several pink areas (arrows) are present. The presence of pink colors in the macular portion of a melanocytic nevus is quite distinctive for dysplastic nevi. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Third stage mosquito larvae of the genus Anopheles generally have a wide and heavily sclerotized collar on the posterior border of the head. Fourth instars have a smaller, less prominent collar. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of esophageal epithelium shows border of ulcer caused by active Herpes simplex virus infection. Intranuclear inclusions and multinucleation are visible. Credit: CDC. |
 | On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA. |  | This desolate landscape is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, on the border between the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon provinces of Mexico. Credit: NASA. |
 | A house constructed from beer bottles on the Nevada-California border. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Wrangler with horses on 49th Parallel Triangulation party of Ector B. Latham Boundary survey of U.S. - Canada border. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Freshwater vegetation on the Chenier Plain not far from Sabine River and Texas border. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Federal and state scientists evaluating potential restoration project on the Chenier Plain not far from Sabine River and Texas border. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Rose border" by Roger Kirby Commentary: "This is intended for use as a border for media, when replicated verticaly it forms a continuous image." | "Emosson dam" by Paul Smith Commentary: "Emosson dam, swiss/french border. star of the opening bungee scene in 'Goldeneye'. taken using my cheapo 35mm ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge --to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. (reference) |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A border guard stopped them |
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Health | In schizencephaly, the neurons border the edge of the cleft implying a very early disruption in development. (references) | |
An asymmetric lesion is one that is not regularly round or oval. Border irregularity refers to notching, scalloping, or poorly defined lesion margins. (references) | ||
For melanoma in situ, excision of the lesion or biopsy site with a 0.5-centimeter border of clinically normal skin and layer of the subcutaneous tissue is sufficient. (references) | ||
Business | The IVA tax is only 10 percent for border area destinations. (references) | |
Horticultural products entering Germany face a number of border restrictions. (references) | ||
The plant will eventually produce reclaimed water for use in Mexican border industries. (references) | ||
Children | Czech Republic | Despite increased police efforts, press reports still indicated that in many border regions sexual tourism with adolescents continues. (references) |
Mozambique | Child prostitution appears to be most prevalent in Maputo and Beira, and at border towns and overnight stopping points along key transportation routes. (references) | |
Nicaragua | Although national figures are not available, a study conducted in Managua in 1998 found that 40 percent of the 1,200 prostitutes in the city were under the age of 18. No numbers were available for other cities, but in 1998 UNICEF reported that teenage sexual exploitation had increased in recent years in rural areas, border cities, ports, and in Managua. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Costa Rica | Allegations of abuse by the Border Guard periodically arise. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | Since 2000 Senegal has allowed humanitarian convoys to transit the border. (references) | |
Latvia | Special immigration police and border guard units help prescreen asylum requests. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | The Andes Mountains are located on the eastern border. (references) |
Yemen | The Omani-Yemeni border has been officially demarcated. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Bulgaria currently has two border crossings with Turkey. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | However, some areas along the country's border with China are restricted. (references) |
Russia | In April 2000, the Government announced plans to mine its border with Georgia. (references) | |
Argentina | A number of others were injured that day, including border police who were shot. (references) | |
Indigenous People | India | The Innerline Regulations enacted by the British in 1873 still provide the basis for safeguarding tribal rights in most of the northeastern border states. (references) |
Nicaragua | The RAAN and the RAAS, which were created in 1987 out of the former department of Zelaya and which border the Caribbean Sea, constitute 47 percent of the national territory. (references) | |
Minorities | United Kingdom | Protestant and Catholic families have moved away from mixed or border neighborhoods. (references) |
Political Economy | Yugoslavia | The Serbian police are responsible for internal security and border checkpoints. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Police and border forces under the Ministry of Interior are responsible for internal security. (references) | |
South Africa | The SANDF and the SAPS border control and policing unit share responsibility for external security. (references) | |
Political Rights | Yugoslavia | Ethnic Albanians, who constitute a majority in certain southern Serbian border areas, are underrepresented at nearly every level of government. (references) |
Trade | Burma | Teak is restricted for export via border trade. (references) |
Burma | MEB handles foreign currency transactions in border trade regions. (references) | |
Travel | Ukraine | U.S. citizens cannot obtain visas at airports or border crossings. (references) |
Zambia | Tourist visas may be obtained at the border pr at the airport upon arrival. (references) | |
Ecuador | Since 1994, ten U.S. citizens have been kidnapped near the Colombian border. (references) | |
Women | Namibia | Reports continued that women were kidnaped, raped, or otherwise abused by armed men along the border with Angola in the Kavango and Caprivi regions. (references) |
Czech Republic | Prostitution and sex shops were prevalent particularly in the border regions with Germany and Austria, where international vehicular traffic is heaviest. (references) | |
Nepal | Folk beliefs about witchcraft, which are especially strong in the lowland Terai area on the Indian border, generally target women, particularly elderly and/or widowed women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Hungary | Border officials facilitated trafficking. (references) |
Russia | The penalty for violating border laws with fraudulent documents was up to 3 years. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Village girls as young as 14 years of age have been kidnaped and smuggled over the border. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Richard Armey | Well, we do concede that, and that is why President Bush is saying we need to make border security a number-one priority. We can't afford to continue to have one senator, Senator Byrd, stop us from securing our borders. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | On our southern border victory has continued also to follow the American standard. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A similar and equally advantageous effect will soon be produced to the south, through the whole extent of the States and territory which border on the waters emptying into the Mississippi and the Mobile. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Our relations with the Indians located within our border impose upon us responsibilities we can not escape. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge--to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For our ultimate goal is a world without war, a world made safe for diversity, in which all men, goods, and ideas can freely move across every border and every boundary. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We must deal aggressively with the supplies of illegal drugs at their source, through joint crop destruction programs with foreign nations and increased law enforcement and border interdiction. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Stricter border enforcement will help combat illegal drugs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Border" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.66% of the time. "Border" is used about 3,722 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.66% | 3,672 | 2,640 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,722 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "border" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Border | Last name | 1,000 | 11,738 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Border Television Plc | USA | Northern Border Partners, L.P. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Border, AK |
Expressions using "border": across the border ♦ border area ♦ border area indicator ♦ border areas ♦ border bad ♦ border break ♦ border checkpoint ♦ border collie ♦ border country ♦ border crosser ♦ Border Disease ♦ border disease of sheep ♦ Border Disease Virus ♦ border disk ♦ border district ♦ border drag ♦ border fighting ♦ border Gateway Protocol ♦ border guard ♦ border inspection post ♦ Border land ♦ border light ♦ border line ♦ border on ♦ border on each other ♦ border patrol ♦ border patrolman ♦ border population ♦ border post ♦ border ray ♦ border region ♦ border state ♦ border terrier ♦ border tie ♦ border town ♦ border up ♦ border upon ♦ external border ♦ grand drapery border ♦ herbaceous border ♦ ice border ♦ over the border ♦ proscenium border ♦ reaction border ♦ state border ♦ swag border ♦ The Border ♦ the border of england and scotland. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "border": Border-border, border-controls, border-crosser, border-crossers, border-crossings, border-dwellers, border-folk, border-free, border-goer, border-guards, border-hopping, border-land, border-line, border-lines, border-officials, border-opening, border-punched, border-warrant, border-wars, border-work, border-zone. | |
Ending with "border": trans-border. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
border | 10,549 | border background | 216 |
border book | 6,120 | border restaurant | 204 |
wallpaper border | 4,001 | free clipart border | 181 |
border book store | 2,615 | discount wallpaper border | 168 |
border collie | 2,186 | free border clip art | 156 |
border collies | 1,125 | on the border certificate | 154 |
wall border | 733 | border and frame | 153 |
border patrol | 719 | border collie puppy | 139 |
border terrier | 510 | graphic border | 137 |
border clipart | 506 | border canadian crossing | 128 |
free border | 489 | canadian border | 125 |
on the border | 465 | border crossing | 116 |
clip art border | 406 | border for paper | 112 |
border book music | 389 | border for picture | 108 |
page border | 348 | wedding border | 106 |
south of the border | 334 | baby border | 104 |
doctor without border | 253 | border canada crossing | 101 |
us border patrol | 252 | border patrol u.s | 98 |
wall paper border | 229 | garden border | 94 |
border collie rescue | 225 | border collie picture | 91 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "border"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rand (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), oewer (bank, edge, shore). (various references) | |
Albanian | buzë (bank, brim, curb, edge, hem, lip, margin, rim, ring, selvage, Selvedge, skirt, verge, welt), bordurë (bandage, edging, hem, purl, welt), skaj (bottom, corner, edge, end, extreme, extremity, rim, shank, skirt, skirting, terminal, verge), kufi (abutment, ambit, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, ceiling, compass, demarcation, division, edge, end, frontier, hedge, line, margin, Mark, measure, mete, radius, razor edge, stint, terminus), anë (aspect, brink, declivity, edge, end, flank, hand, hem, jamb, list, Marge, margin, pane, part, partiality, selvage, Selvedge, side, skirt, wall, welt). (various references) | |
Arabic | حدود (ambit, borderline, bound, boundary, confines, frontier, limit, outlines), رسم الحدود (border on, determine, draw the line), رقعة ضيقة من الأرض, الحدود (fringe), جاوز (outreach), جانب (aspect, board, flank, hand, part, phase, portion, quarter, side), تاخم (abut, march, verge), شابه (draw an analogy, resemble), حد (borderline, boundary, brim, confine, definition, delimit, edge, end, extreme, frontier, limit, margin, mourn, outline, restrict, tauten, terminus, utmost degree, verge), قارب (approximate, bark, boat, canoe, dinghy, ship, skiff), حاش (surround), حاشية (annotation, attendance, bodyguard, cortege, edge, edging, entourage, footnote, margin, note, postscript, rim, selvage, suite, surround), حاشية زخرفية, حاذى (adjoin, parallel), حازى, حافة (board, brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, ledge, lip, margin, plinth, rim, verge), تخم حدود (frontier, limit, precinct). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ръб (arris, board, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, fringe, hem, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, rib, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), широка леха покрай плет, край (about, abutment, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), граница (ambit, barricade, borderline, bound, boundary, butting, confine, delimitation, demarcation, frontier, limit, mete, pale, party line, precinct, purview, radius, rand, term, verge), пограничен (borderline, limitrophe, terminal), перваз (baseboard, edge, ledge, sill, skirt, skirting, skirting board, trim, washboard), ивица (band, edging, fillet, hem, list, slip, strap, streak, stria). (various references) | |
Chinese | 疆界 (boundary). (various references) | |
Czech | rámeèek (Mount), pohranièní, pohranièí (border region, borderland, border-land, frontier territory), okraj (brim, brink, edge, end, fringe, lap, margin, periphery, rim, verge, welt), obruba (frame, hem, list, purl, rim, ring, skirt, surround), mez (bound, boundary, bounds, country lane, Lane, limit, pale, stint, termination), lemovat (bind, fringe, hem, tie up), kraj (brink, country, county, edge, part, region), hranice (bonfire, borderline, bound, boundary, confines, frontier, limit, line, pile, precinct, stake, stint), hranièit (abut, March). (various references) | |
Danish | rand (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), kant (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), bred (bank, broad, edge, shore). (various references) | |
Dutch | rand (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, outskirts, periphery, rand, rim), zoom (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), boord (bank, board, brim, brink, collar, edge, edging, fringe, rim, shore). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bordo (bank, edge, shore), bordero, rando (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), landlimo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | trom (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), strond (bank, beach, edge, shore), rond (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), kantur (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim). (various references) | |
Farsi | مجاوربودن (Abut, Bound), مرز (Balk, Bound, Boundary, Mark, Outskirt, Precinct, Rand, Ridge), کناره (Edge), لبه (Brim, Edge, Hem, Ledge, Lip, Margin, Rand, Ridge, Rim, Verge, Wayside, Welt), حاشیه گذاشتن , حاشیه (Braid, Brim, Brink, Gloss, Margin, Outskirt, Purl, Rand, Verge), سجاف کردن (Steek), سرحد (Bound, Demarcation, Mete), خطمرزی . (various references) | |
Finnish | syrjä (edge, margin, side), reuna (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, rim). (various references) | |
French | rive, lisière, bord (board), frontière (borderland, boundary), cadre, bordure (boundary), border. (various references) | |
Frisian | igge (bank, edge, shore). (various references) | |
German | rand (boarder, boundary, brim, brink, circle, edge, edging, fringe, lip, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, rand, rim, ring, side, tide-mark, top, verge), Grenze (borderline, bound, boundary, edge, frontier, limit, line, peripherie, periphery), einfassung (cadre, edging, fence, frame, framework, fringe, hedge, Mount, setting, trimming, verge, wall), Saum (bottom, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, hem, hemline, rim, seam, tuck), kante (angle, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, ledge, rim, selvage), säumen (edge, hem, line, purl, Tarry, to border (on), to fringe), rabatte (deductibles, rebates), besatz (edging, facing, neckband, trimming). (various references) | |
Greek | σύνορο (boundary, frontier). (various references) | |
Hebrew | גבול (bound, boundary, end, extremity, frontier, limit, line, margin, mete, pale, threshold). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szegélyez (braid, edge, fringe, line, margin, purl, to braid, to flank, to fringe, to fringe upon, to list, to margin, to rim, to skirt, to trim), szegély (band, bed, braid, edge, fringe, hem, lap, ledge, list, Marge, margin, molding, moulding, periphery, seam, Selvedge, styling, thrum, verge), széle vminek (brim, circumference, rim, side, skirts, verge), szél (breeze, confine, edge, flatus, heel, hem, ledge, let's see how the land lies, margin, periphery, shelf, shelves, to be in the wind's eye, wind), keretmezõ, határ (borderline, bound, boundary, confine, end, extent, frontier, limit, line, line of demarcation, Marge, measure, mere, mete, scope, termination, unambiguous, verge). (various references) | |
Icelandic | egg (brim, brink, edge, edging, egg, fringe, rim). (various references) | |
Indonesian | batasan (cicumscription, definition, limitation), batas (bound, confine, limit, pale), perbatasan (confine), membatasi (abridge, bound, curb, curtail, define, form the border of, limit, restrict), aras (limit). (various references) | |
Irish | imeall. (various references) | |
Italian | orlo (brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, fringe, hem, kerb, lip, outskirt, rand, rim, verge), margine (bound, boundary, brim, brink, edge, fringe, leeway, limit, margin, outskirts, rim, side, verge, wayside), frontiera (boundary, frontier, limit), estremità (bottom, butt, edge, end, essential data, extreme, extremeness, extremity, point, tag, tail, terminal, tip), bordo (board, edge, flange, fringe, hem, kerb, margin, rim, side, verge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 外枠, 境 (boundary, mental state). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ボーダー (boarder), きょういき (boundary, grounds, precinct), そとわく, さかいめ (boundary line, crisis), さかい (boundary, mental state), こっきょうせん, カンテ , へんきょう (frontier, illiberality, intolerance, monomania, monomaniac, narrow-mindedness, narrowness, remote region), えんぺん (edge, relations, relative). (various references) | |
Korean | 국경 (Frontier). (various references) | |
Malay | tepi (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), pinggir (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim). (various references) | |
Manx | slyst (coast, district, environ, region, seaboard, suburb), sheeyney lesh (in contiguity), oirr (brim, brink, butt, edge, edging, ledge, margin, rim, verge), joarey (borderline, boundary, division of land, sheading), cur chemmal er (fringe, hem), creeagh (borderline, boundary, termination), chemmal (edge, edging, frieze, fringe, hem), boarder. (various references) | |
Papiamen | rant (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), kantu (bank, edge, shore), kanto (bank, edge, shore). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orderbay.(various references) | |
Polish | brzeg (bank, edge, shore). (various references) | |
Portuguese | margem (balk, bottom, confines, edge, fringe, hem, inset, marge, margin, rand, rim, shore, side, verge, water-front, waterside), borda (brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, flap, fringe, hem, limb, marge, margin, outskirts, rim, river bank, shore, side, skirt, skirting, verge), limite (abutment, borderland, bound, boundary, bourne, cincture, circumscription, compasses, frontier, limit, limitation, mark, measure, mere, mete, pale, prompt, purview, stint, terminal, termination, verge, windup), fronteira (borderland, bound, boundary, bourne, confines, frontier, limit, line, mark, mere), extremidade (chape, cusp, end, extreme, extremity, neb, peak, point, summit, tail, tip), bordadura (broidery, embroidery, frieze), beira (bank shore, board, brink, curb, edge, flange, flap, front, margin, rim, side, tip, verge). (various references) | |
Romanian | barierã (bar, barrier, dike, fence, fencing, gate, grating, hindrance, lifting gate, obstruction, Pike, screen, stile, turnpike), bordurã (binding, curb, curb-stone, edging, flange, frame, fringe, kerb, ledge, list, margin, trimming), hotar (bound, boundary, bounds, bourn, Bourne, coast, confine, confines, edge, end, extremity, frontier, limit, line, Marge, margin, mete, pale, stint, terminus, verge), încadra (appoint, encircle, enclose, enframe, frame, surround), chenar (edging, frame, framing, list), dungã (bar, edge, fold, furrow, streak, stripe, wrinkle), fi aproape de (approximate, verge), ţãrm (bank, beach, brim, brink, clime, foreshore, haven, margin, refuge, region, river side, seaboard, sea-shore, seaside, shore, sphere, strand), graniţã (ambit, barrier, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, confine, confines, division, extremity, frontier, March, margin, mete, terminus, verge), tiviturã (edge, edging, hem, hemming, seam, skirt, welting), limitã (ambit, barrier, borderland, bound, boundary, brink, ceiling, circumscription, coast, compass, confine, division, edge, end, extremity, limit, line, margin, pale, precinct, termination, terminus, tether, the last straw, verge), mãrgini (bound, enclose, include, limit, margin, mark off, verge), mal (bank, beach, brink, coast, shore, strand), margine (abutment, bank, bounds, brim, brink, compass, curb, edge, edging, end, extremity, fringe, kerb, ledge, limit, list, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, precinct, rim, seam, termination, tether, verge), se hotãrnici, se mãrgini (verge on), tivi (fell, fringe, hem, list, selvage, Selvedge, whip), frontierã (frontier, margin). (various references) | |
Russian | край (brim, brink, brow, clime, corner, edge, edging, end, extremity, flange, lip, margin, region, shore, sidepiece, verge), кайма (band, edge, edging, fringe, hem, verge), граничить граница;край граничный, граница (abutment, abuttal, ambits, border line, borderline, bound, boundary, bounder, bourn, bourne, butting, compass, confine, frontier, limit, mete, pale, verge), ободок (circle), бордюр (skirting). (various references) | |
Scottish | oir (because that, brim, brink, edge, edging, for, fringe, lip, rand, rim). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rub (brim, brink, cant, edge, hem, lip, rand, selvage, selvedge, shoulder, verge), pervaz (piping), opšiti (hem), oivičiti (hem, line, rim), međa (confine, landmark, march), ivica (brim, brink, cant, edge, edging, flange, fringe, limb, lip, marge, margin, pallet, rand, rim, verge), granica (ambit, bound, boundary, butting, confine, fringe, frontier, limit, line, march), granični (adjoining, contiguous, limit, limitary), graničiti se (adjoin, bound, verge). (various references) | |
Spanish | borde (baseboard, brim, brink, canvas, edge, edging, end, flange, fringe, limitation, lip, Mount, rim, side, skirting, term, trim, verge), orilla (bank, brink, edge, hem, riverside, shore, shoreline, side), arriate (bed, divisional island, flower bed, traffic island). (various references) | |
Sranan | watrasey (bank, edge, shore), syoro (bank, edge, platform, quay, shore, wharf), lanki (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rim). (various references) | |
Swedish | kant (brim, brink, crust, edge, edging, fringe, heel, hem, ledge, lip, list, lug, margin, margine, part, rand, rim, rind, side, verge), rabatt (allowance, bed, discount, flowerbed, rebate), ram (clean, frame, framework, frame-work, framing, Mount, paw, pure), gräns (boundary, bounds, confine, division, frontier, limit, pale, precinct, verge), bård (edging, fringe, list, welt). (various references) | |
Thai | เขตแดน (boundaries), สร้างขอบเขต, กรอบ (case, frame), ขอบเขต (boundary, circuit, end, extent, limit, orbit, reach, scope, sweep, tether), ขอบนอก. (various references) | |
Turkish | bitişik olmak (abut, adjoin, be touching, neighbor, neighbour, touch), benzer olmak, tarh (bed, drill), sınır koymak (draw the boundary, hedge off, limit, set bounds to, terminate), sınır komşusu olmak, sınır (borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extreme, extremity, frontier, limit, limitation, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, skirting, stint, verge, watershed), kenar süsü (edging, fret, purfling), kenar (brim, brink, brow, edge, flange, hem, lip, Marge, margin, rim, side, skirt, skirting, verge, Wale, wheal), hudut (boundaries, boundary, frontier, limits, March, purlieu), demeye gelmek (add up to, boil down to, imply, mean), çerçevelemek (enchase, enframe, frame, inlay). (various references) | |
Turkmen | serhet, pel, lьс, jдh, gyra (coast), зil, зet (boundary, edge), здk, araздk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скидатися, фриз, край (area, brim, brink, edge, edging, end, lip, list, margin, outskirts, rand, ridge, skirt, tail, verge), кордон (border line, boundary, cordon, frontier, line, mete), грань (border-land, facet, margin, pane, plane), межувати (abut, adjoin, affront, approach, butt, neighbor upon, neighbour upon, outskirt, touch on, verge), межа (abutment, balk, barrier, bound, brink, butt, ceiling, circumference, circumscription, delimitation, frontier, limit, pale, precinct, side-land, tiptop, ultimate, verge), бордюр (bordure, edge, edging, kerb, welting). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bờ (edging, marge, margin, verge), vỉa, mép (flange, margin, rim, skirt). (various references) | |
Welsh | ymylu, ymyl (brim, brink, edge, margin), hem (hem, rivet), goror (coast, confine), godre (bottom, edge, skirt), ffinio (bound), ffin (barrier, bound, boundary, limit), dibl (edge), cyffin (bound, confine), cwr (edge, skirt). (various references) | |
Yucatec | haal (base, basis, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rim, side), chi' (aperture, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, mouth, opening, rim). (various references) | |
Zulu | irandi (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim), ilirandi (brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. bulug, zag. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ora. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | mearc. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | bordure, liste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OikouV ubristwn kataspa kurioV esthrisen de orion chraV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Domum superborum demolietur Dominus et firmos facit terminos viduae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The hous of proude men the Lord shal destroye; and stedefast he shal make the termes of the widewe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Si Jehova magaluka sa balay sa mapahitas-on; Apan siya magapalig-on sa utlanan sa balo nga babaye. |
| Croatian | Jahve ruši kuæu oholima, a postavlja meðu udovici. |
| Danish | Hovmodiges Hus river HERREN bort, han fastsætter Enkens Skel. |
| Dutch | Het huis der hovaardigen zal de HEERE afrukken; maar de landpale der weduwe zal Hij vastzetten. |
| Finnish | Ylpeitten huoneen Herra hajottaa, mutta lesken rajan hän vahvistaa. |
| French | L`Éternel renverse la maison des orgueilleux, Mais il affermit les bornes de la veuve. |
| German | Der HERR wird das Haus des Hoffärtigen zerbrechen und die Grenze der Witwe bestätigen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Seyè a ap disparèt moun awogan yo ansanm ak tout fanmi yo. Men, l'ap pwoteje kay fanm ki pèdi mari yo. |
| Hungarian | A kevélyeknek házát kiszakgatja az Úr; megerõsíti pedig az özvegynek határát. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN akan merobohkan rumah orang yang tinggi hati, tetapi tanah milik seorang janda Ia lindungi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa rumah orang congkak kelak akan dibongkar oleh Tuhan, tetapi perhinggaan tanah perempuan janda ditetapkannya. |
| Italian | Il Signore abbatte la casa dei superbi e rende saldi i confini della vedova. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka hutia ake e Ihowa te whare o te tangata whakakake: engari ka whakapumautia e ia te rohe o te pouaru. |
| Norwegian | Herren river ned de overmodiges hus, men enkens markskjell lar han stå fast. |
| Portuguese | O Senhor desarraiga a casa dos soberbos, mas estabelece a herança da viúva. |
| Rumanian | Domnul surpq casa celor mkndri, dar kntqrewte hotarele vqduvei. - |
| Russian | дПН ОБДНЕООЩИ ТБЪПТЙФ зПУРПДШ, Б НЕЦХ ЧДПЧЩ ХЛТЕРЙФ. |
| Spanish | Jehovah derribará la casa de los soberbios, pero afirmará los linderos de la viuda. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "border": bordereau, bordereaux, bordered, borderer, borderers, bordering, borderland, borderlands, borderline, borderlines, borders. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "border": emborder, suborder. (additional references) | |
Words containing "border": embordered, embordering, emborders, suborders. (additional references) | |
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"Border" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Barder, Bardere, biore, biradari, biradiri, boder, bodor, Boorde, borda, bordari, borde, Bordel, bordere, Bordez, bordier, Bordieu, Bordley, Bordua, boredt, Borner, Borrero, borter, Bortier, Borve, bouder, bowder, Broder, broderip, Brodeur, bro'er, Brokdorf, Brorda, broter, Browder, Buder, burda, burdar, burder, burderop, Burdet, gorder, obrador. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "border" (pronounced bô"rder) |
| 5 | b ô" r d er | boarder. |
| 4 | -ô" r d er | Corder, disorder, order, recorder, reorder, warder. |
| 3 | -r d er | Ardor, camcorder, carder, harder, Herder, larder, snowboarder, weirder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: bored, borer, orbed, order, robed. | |
-2 letters: bode, bore, bred, doer, dore, dorr, redo, robe, rode. | |
-3 letters: bed, bod, bro, brr, deb, doe, dor, err, obe, ode, orb, ore, reb, red, rob, rod, roe. | |
-4 letters: be, bo, de, do, ed, er, od, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: arbored, boarder, borders, bordure, broader, broider, brooder, reboard, rebored. | |
+2 letters: abhorred, adsorber, arboured, boarders, bordered, borderer, bordures, borrowed, bourride, broiders, broidery, brokered, brooders, broodier, burrowed, disrober, dogberry, drawbore, emborder, harbored, obtruder, overbred, reboards, reprobed, resorbed, suborder, wardrobe. | |
+3 letters: adsorbers, arborized, beworried, bordereau, borderers, bordering, bourrides, bowerbird, broidered, broodmare, brothered, browridge, burladero, colorbred, cornbread, crossbred, disrobers, drawbores, emborders, embroider, forbidder, foreboder, freeboard, garderobe, harboured, obtruders, orderable, overboard, overbroad, proverbed, reboarded, rebounder, shorebird, suborders, wardrobes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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