border

border
I
n.

1) to draw, establish, fix a border

2) to cross, slip across a border

3) to patrol a border

4) a closed; common; disputed; fixed; open; recognized; unguarded border

5) a border between

6) across, over a border (to smuggle goods across a border)

7) at, on the border

8) as far as, up to the border (she drove me as far as the border)

9) (misc.) north of the border; south of the border

II

v. (d; intr.) to border on, upon (to border on the absurd)

* * *
['bɔːdə]
(d; intr.) to border on
disputed
fix a border
fixed
on the border
recognized
slip across a border
south of the border border
unguarded border
up to the border (she drove me as far as the border)
over a border (to smuggle goods across a border)
upon (to border on the absurd)
(misc.) north of the border
a closed
a border between
across
as far as
at
to cross
to draw
to patrol a border

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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