💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Border on"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| approachnoun | (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. |
| bordernoun | The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. |
| borderlinenoun | (countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border. |
| confineverb | (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. |
| abut onverb | (transitive) To border on. |
| abutverb | (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. |
| emborderverb | (archaic, transitive) To furnish or adorn with a border. |
| imborderverb | Obsolete form of emborder. [(archaic, transitive) To furnish or adorn with a border.] |
| bound | Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). |
| marchnoun | A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies. |
| contournoun | An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. |
| accostverb | (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. |
| interlacenoun | (visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art |
| intersectnoun | (mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common. |
| interlapnoun | (ambitransitive) To overlap mutually, so that each partially covers the other. |
| compartnoun | (transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments. |
| marginnoun | (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. |
| intercutnoun | (cinematography) An alternating sequence of this kind. |
| overlapnoun | Something that overlaps or is overlapped. |
| intermeshnoun | (intransitive) To mesh between one another. |
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