border

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The line that separates two countries or regions.

   The border between Canada and the USA is the longest in the world.

2. 2
   noun

   A strip or band along the edge of something.

   The rug had a wide blue border.

3. 3
   verb

   To share a boundary with another place.

   Pennsylvania borders Ohio.

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

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