BORDER

Border

Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and completely unguarded. Other borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled. Some, mostly contentious, borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones.

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border

Noun

  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  5. Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Verb

  1. To put a border on something.
  2. To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  3. To touch at a border (with on or upon).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  4. To approach; to come near to; to verge.


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