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neighbor
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, border, butt against, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge |
| 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: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, adjoin |
| Synonyms: | abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge |
| 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: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make physical contact |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, butt on, caress, come together, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, impinge upon, inspect, join, kiss, lay a finger on, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, palm, palpate, partake, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, toy, verge |
| Antonyms: | cower, shrink, shy away |
| 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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