Crossword clues for bordering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Border \Bor"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering.]
To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
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To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.
--Abp. Tillotson.
Wiktionary
Having a common boundary or border n. A pattern or ornament forming a border. v
(present participle of border English)
Usage examples of "bordering".
That the tide of agrarianism was gradually flowing westward as the frontier advanced is apparent from the election returns in the States bordering on the upper Mississippi.
Some new mothers describe the powerfully consuming connection to their babies as bordering on the obsessional.
Every available man was now out patrolling the streets with an enthusiasm that, frankly, Hank Bindle thought was bordering on nutty.
When I perceived that no man had regard to mee, that was so tame and gentle an Asse, I stole out of the gate that was next me, and then I ran away with all force, and came to Cenchris, which is the most famous towne of all the Carthaginians, bordering upon the Seas called Ageum, and Saronicum, where is a great and mighty Haven, frequented with many a sundry Nation.
Pond on Colden Common, bordering on Otterbourne, and the green banks were strewn with shells left by the herons, but the pond is fast drying up and the herons have been driven away by guns.
The famous Dazzler was a tallish, thin young man, with an admirable forehead and sleepy brown eyes, and was considered by less prejudiced observers to be both personable and agreeable, though he concealed his excellent brain behind a manner often bordering upon imbecility.
Through the trees bordering the deadfall I spotted the blue roof of Lani House, and then the aquamarine shimmer of a lighted swimming pool.
This information threw Fal Sivas into a state of excitement bordering on apoplexy.
He therefore sent his messengers through all the lands bordering on Thrandheim fiord summoning a great meeting of the bonders at a place named Frosta.
King and the Master went upstairs alone, while the Earl of Gowrie took Lennox and others into his garden, bordering on the Tay, at the back of the house.
There is a strip of land bordering Gyer and Dunsted that the people of both fiefs have disputed the ownership of for many years.
Cyrus Harding and his companions gazed, with a feeling of surprise bordering on stupefaction.
Loss of property, hopelessness as to his future prospects, the inoccupation to which poverty condemned him, combined to reduce him to a state bordering on insanity.
Minid sentry, I walked back toward Lake Kiboko, venturing quite often into the savannah bordering the forest strip to the south.
At least three other bands of comparable size roamed the mosaic of habitats bordering Lake Kiboko on the east.