Bordering can be categorized as a verb.
Adjective |
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| bordering - Having a common boundary or border. | ||
Verb |
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| border - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" | ||
| border - provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" | ||
| border - form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| border - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" | ||
| border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" |
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| 1. | verb | The beach, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, teemed with tarballs. | |
| 2. | verb | We're bordering on failure. | |
| 3. | verb | The pianist's performance of a Haydn sonata threw the woman into a rapture bordering on frenzy. | |
| 4. | verb | Algeria has been a country bordering Kabylia for a long time. | |
| 5. | verb | This is Algeria's region bordering Mali. | |
| 6. | verb | Can you name the two countries in the world that border on three oceans? | |
| 7. | verb | His jokes border on the insulting. | |
| 8. | verb | With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings. | |
| 9. | verb | There are often border conflicts between these two countries. | |
| 10. | verb | In the gardens of the better classes summer-houses and shelters of rustic appearance and diminutive proportions are often seen. Rustic arbors are also to be seen in the larger gardens. Specially constructed houses of quaint design and small size are not uncommon; in these the ceremonial tea-parties take place. High fences, either of board or bamboo, or solid walls of mud or tile with stone foundations, surround the house or enclose it from the street. Low rustic fences border the gardens in the suburbs. Gateways of various styles, some of imposing design, form the entrances; as a general thing they are either rustic and light, or formal and massive. | |
| 11. | verb | What countries does Russia border? | |
| 12. | verb | Which countries does Jamaica border? | |
| 13. | verb | Which cities border Boston? | |
| 14. | verb | Can you name the two countries in the world that border on three oceans? | |
| 15. | verb | His jokes border on the insulting. | |
| 16. | noun | The rug had a wide blue border. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| The beach, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, teemed with tarballs. | |
| We're bordering on failure. | |
| The pianist's performance of a Haydn sonata threw the woman into a rapture bordering on frenzy. | |
| Algeria has been a country bordering Kabylia for a long time. | |
| This is Algeria's region bordering Mali. | |
| Can you name the two countries in the world that border on three oceans? | |
| His jokes border on the insulting. | |
| With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings. | |
| There are often border conflicts between these two countries. | |
| In the gardens of the better classes summer-houses and shelters of rustic appearance and diminutive proportions are often seen. Rustic arbors are also to be seen in the larger gardens. Specially constructed houses of quaint design and small size are not uncommon; in these the ceremonial tea-parties take place. High fences, either of board or bamboo, or solid walls of mud or tile with stone foundations, surround the house or enclose it from the street. Low rustic fences border the gardens in the suburbs. Gateways of various styles, some of imposing design, form the entrances; as a general thing they are either rustic and light, or formal and massive. | |
| What countries does Russia border? | |
| Which countries does Jamaica border? | |
| Which cities border Boston? | |
| Can you name the two countries in the world that border on three oceans? | |
| His jokes border on the insulting. | |
| noun | |
| The rug had a wide blue border. |
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