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fringed
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fringed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | edged |
| Synonyms: | befringed, bordered, ornate |
| Main Entry: | bushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaggy, unkempt |
| Synonyms: | bristling, bristly, disordered, feathery, fluffy, fringed, full, furry, fuzzy, hairy, heavy, hirsute, leafy, luxuriant, nappy, prickly, rough, rumpled, spreading, stiff, thick, tufted, unruly, wiry, woolly |
| Antonyms: | bald, neat, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | framed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surrounded by a frame |
| Synonyms: | bordered, clasped, compassed, confined, encased, encircled, enclosed, enveloped, fringed, girdled, matted, mounted, outlined, wrapped, wreathed |
| Main Entry: | border |
| 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: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border, trim |
| Synonyms: | bind, bound, decorate, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, shape, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch; border on |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, be at hand, be close to, be contiguous to, bound, butt, communicate, conjoin, extend, fringe, hem, lie beside, lie near, lie next to, line, march, meet, neighbor, open into, parallel, reach, rim, skirt, trench on, verge on |
| Antonyms: | separate |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border, mark |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, align, allineate, array, bound, butt against, communicate, crease, cut, delineate, draw, edge, fix, follow, fringe, furrow, group, inscribe, join, line up, march, marshal, neighbor, order, ordinate, outline, place, queue, range, rank, rim, rule, score, skirt, touch, trace, underline, verge |
| 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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