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flanking
[flangk] 
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border
[bawr-der]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | be inside, center |
| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sideways |
| Synonyms: | crabwise, edgeways, flanking, oblique, side, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
| Antonyms: | centered, central |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn; encircle |
| Synonyms: | begird, bypass, circle, circulate, circumnavigate, compass, encompass, flank, gird, girdle, go around, gyrate, hem, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, skirt, spin, surround, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | bound, define, edge, flank, fringe, hem, lie along, lie alongside, margin, rim, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
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| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
lateral, Hesperian, bilateral, collateral, contralateral, dextral, eastern, flanked, flanking, ipsilateral, levantine, many-sided, multilateral, occidental, occiduous, orient, oriental, parallel, parietal, ponent, quadrilateral, right-handed, sideling, sidelong, skirting, synallagmatic, trilateral, western
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