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margined
[mahr-jin] 
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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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
| Synonyms: | beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | verge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come near |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, be on the edge, border, bound, brink on, butt on, communicate, edge, end, fringe, gravitate toward, hem, incline, join, lean, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, skirt, surround, tend, touch, trench, trend |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
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| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| Concept: | Edge. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
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-nouns
edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle., threshold, door, porch; portal (opening); coast, shore., frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance.
-adjectives
border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated.
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