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Border

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Broader term 15

Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Brink 76% connected

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. A…

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Circumference 76% connected

The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

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Edging 76% connected

of Edge

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Limb 76% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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Lip 76% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Selvage 76% connected

Alt. of Selvedge

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Selvedge 76% connected

The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

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Verge 76% connected

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

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Manner of action 11

Cloister 76% connected

An inclosed place.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Fringe 76% connected

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

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Gird 76% connected

A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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Girdle 76% connected

A griddle.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Neighbor 76% connected

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

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Neighbour 76% connected

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Verge 76% connected

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

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Derivationally related 16

Abutment 74% connected

State of abutting.

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Abutment 74% connected

State of abutting.

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Abutter 74% connected

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

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Abutter 74% connected

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 74% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Boundary 74% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Edge 74% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Edge 74% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frame 74% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Frame 74% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Marginal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a margin.

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Marginal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a margin.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Synonym 17

Abut 92% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

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Adjoin 92% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Delimitation 92% connected

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

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Edge 92% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Environ 92% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frame 92% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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March 92% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Margin 92% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Mete 92% connected

Meat.

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Molding 92% connected

of Mould

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Moulding 92% connected

of Mould

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Perimeter 92% connected

The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ring 92% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skirt 92% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surround 92% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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