border
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a line that indicates a boundary
Types & categories
- boundary hypernym
- circumference hyponym
- fence line hyponym
- property line hyponym
- state line hyponym
- Green Line instance hyponym
- Line of Control instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
The forest surrounds my property
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the boundary of a surface
Types & categories
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Sense 6 verb
enclose in or as if in a frame
frame a picture
Types & categories
- inclose hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
Types & categories
- edge hypernym
Parts & wholes
- picture frame part holonym
Sense 8 verb
provide with a border or edge
edge the tablecloth with embroidery
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a strip forming the outer edge of something
the rug had a wide blue border
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Canada adjoins the U.S.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- butt joint derivation
- edging derivation
- border derivation
- borderland derivation
- edge derivation
- abutment derivation
- abutter derivation
- bound derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demarcate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | boundary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumference |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | property line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | state line |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Green Line |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Line of Control |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | environs |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fringe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | girdle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hem in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lip |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | border on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boundary |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | margin |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold in |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | skirt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | verge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shore |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | boundary |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | brink |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | limb |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | framing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | frame |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclose |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | picture frame |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | edger |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | edger |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | frame |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | edging |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | selvage |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | verge |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt joint |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | edging |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | borderland |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutment |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutter |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | neighbor |