border+upon
1border upon — See border on …
2border upon — lie on the boundary of …
3border — [bôr′dər] n. [ME & OFr bordure < border, to border < Frank * bord, margin: see BOARD] 1. an edge or a part near an edge; margin; side 2. a dividing line between two countries, states, etc. or the land along it; frontier 3. a narrow strip,… …
4border — I n. 1) to draw, establish, fix a border 2) to cross, slip across a border 3) to patrol a border 4) a closed; common; disputed; fixed; open; recognized; unguarded border 5) a border between 6) across, over a border (to smuggle goods across a… …
5border on — 1. Adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at the side or end of, be contiguous to, lie adjacent to, be in juxtaposition with, border upon. 2. Approach, come near to, approximate, almost reach, want but little of, border upon …
6border — I. n. 1. Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, marge, skirt. 2. Limit, boundary, confine, frontier, march. II. v. a. Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for …
7border — I noun ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline …
8Border — Bor der, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer part or… …
9Border land — Border Bor der, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer… …
10Border — Bor der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bordered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bordering}.] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach; to come near to; to …
