bordering

English

Verb

bordering

1. present participle and gerund of border

Adjective

bordering (not comparable)

1. Having a common boundary or border

   France and Spain are bordering nations.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:

     King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.

Related terms

• border on

Translations

having a common boundary or border

Catalan: limítrof (ca), fronterer (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 設立疆界 / 设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè) Finnish: olla rajanaapuri French: limitrophe (fr) German: angrenzend (de) Greek: Ancient: πρόσχορος (próskhoros), ὅμορος (hómoros) Italian: cingente (it) Latin: fīnitimus Norwegian: Bokmål: tilgrensende Nynorsk: tilgrensande Polish: graniczący Portuguese: fronteiriço (pt), limítrofe (pt) Spanish: lindante, colindante (es), rayano, fronterizo (es), limítrofe (es), aledaño (es), lindero (es), facero Swedish: angränsande (sv) Turkish: sınırdaş (tr), hemhudut (tr)

Noun

bordering (plural borderings)

1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
   • 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine:

     White silk borderings and silver buckles.