American English pronunciation
How to pronounce bordering
IPA transcription: ['bɔɹdɚɪŋ]
Pronunciation variants: ['bɔɹdɚɪŋ]['bɚdɚɪŋ]
Hear “bordering” pronounced
['bɔɹdɚɪŋ]
Quality: 0.84
['bɔɹdɚɪŋ]
Quality: 0.81
['bɔɹdɚɪŋ]
Quality: 0.77
Verb
-
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
“The forest surrounds my property”
-
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
“Canada adjoins the U.S.”
“England marches with Scotland”
-
enclose in or as if in a frame
“frame a picture”
-
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
-
provide with a border or edge
“edge the tablecloth with embroidery”
Usage examples
- Bluebonnets will also inhabit open grassy plains, scrub, and trees bordering watercourses.
- Its immediate bordering towns are now Feasterville, Huntingdon Valley, Warminster, and Churchville.
- He embarked on his mission by securing the neutrality of the bordering mountain kingdoms.
- Abalak lies near the northern extremity of the Sahel, bordering the Sahara desert.
- On the western side of Bonython is a nature reserve bordering the Murrumbidgee River.
- Most of its vote, however, is cast in the counties bordering Cincinnati.
- Stings to humans are very rare, bordering on non-existent.
- Bordering prefectures are Pu'er to the southeast, and Baoshan and Dali to the northwest.
- Aliso Viejo is one of several cities bordering Aliso and Wood Canyons Regional Park.
- Furthermore, the "Statist" and "Vonckist" factions were in constant conflict, bordering on civil war.