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1 N‑COUNT The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line. □  They fled across the border. □  …the isolated jungle area near the Panamanian border. □  Clifford is enjoying life north of the border. □  …the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

2 VERB A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it. □ [V n] …the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean. ● PHRASAL VERB Border on means the same as border . □ [V P n] Both republics border on the Black Sea.

3 N‑COUNT A border is a strip or band around the edge of something. □  …pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.

4 N‑COUNT In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground along the edge planted with flowers. □  …a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders. □  …border plants.

5 VERB If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it. □ [V -ed] …the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers. □ [V n] Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.

▸  border on

1 PHRASAL VERB If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing. □ [V P n] The atmosphere borders on the surreal.

2 → see also border 2 COLLOCATIONS border NOUN

1

noun + border : desert, land, sea

adjective + border : disputed, external, secure; eastern, northern, southern, western

verb + border : cross, open, reopen, straddle; close, patrol, seal

4

noun + border : flower, garden, shrub

adjective + border : herbaceous SYNONYMS border NOUN 1

frontier:It wasn't difficult then to cross the frontier.

boundary:Drug traffickers operate across national boundaries.

border|land /bɔː ^r də ^r lænd/ (borderlands )

1 N‑SING The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other. □  …on the borderland between sleep and waking.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The area of land close to the border between two countries or major areas can be called the borderlands . □  …Lebanon's southern borderlands.

border|line /bɔː ^r də ^r la I n/ (borderlines )

1 N‑COUNT The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them. □ [+ between ] …a task which involves exploring the borderline between painting and photography. [Also + of ]

2 ADJ Something that is borderline is only just acceptable as a member of a class or group. □  Some were obviously unsuitable and could be ruled out at once. Others were borderline cases.

bore ◆◇◇ /bɔː ^r / (bores , boring , bored )

1 VERB If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting. □ [V n + with ] Dickie bored him all through the meal with stories of the Navy. □ [V n] Life in the country bores me.

2 PHRASE If someone or something bores you to tears , bores you to death , or bores you stiff , they bore you very much. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □  …a handsome engineer who bored me to tears with his tales of motorway maintenance.

3 N‑COUNT You describe someone as a bore when you think that they talk in a very uninteresting way. □  There is every reason why I shouldn't enjoy his company–he's a bore and a fool.

4 N‑SING You can describe a situation as a bore when you find it annoying. □  It's a bore to be sick, and the novelty of lying in bed all day wears off quickly.