bordering
Sharing a boundary
Bordering describes something that shares a boundary or edge with something else: bordering countries, the states bordering the Great Lakes.
It also means approaching or verging on a condition: His enthusiasm was bordering on obsession.
The phrase bordering on suggests coming close to but not quite reaching: behavior bordering on rude.
Sharing a border
- abuttingSharing a common border
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
- neighboringSituated beside another
- flankingAt the sides of
alongside · beside · next to · touching · juxtaposed · conterminous · coterminous · skirting
Formal boundary setting
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
wall · hedge · divider · frontier · enclosure · delimiter · line · separation
Nearly becoming something
- approachingComing toward something
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- close toNearly reaching
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
almost · on the brink of · teetering · skirting · encroaching · impinging · tantamount · approximating
Fixing outer limits
- demarcatingDefining borders or limits
- boundingMoving by leaps
- sectioningDividing into segments
- partitioningDividing into sections
districting · circumscribing · delineating · marking · outlining · mapping · subdividing · redistricting
adjoining
Sharing a border
- abuttingSharing a common border
- contiguousSharing a common boundary
- neighboringSituated beside another
flanking · alongside · beside · next to · touching · juxtaposed · conterminous · coterminous · skirting · fringing
fringe
Outermost edge or margin
rim · brink · skirt · hem · lip · threshold · cusp · outline · contour · shoreline
demarcation
Formal boundary setting
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
barrier · wall · hedge · divider · frontier · enclosure · delimiter · line · separation · cordon
verging on
Nearly becoming something
- approachingComing toward something
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- close toNearly reaching
nearly · almost · on the brink of · teetering · skirting · encroaching · impinging · tantamount · approximating
delimiting
Fixing outer limits
- demarcatingDefining borders or limits
- boundingMoving by leaps
- sectioningDividing into segments
partitioning · districting · circumscribing · delineating · marking · outlining · mapping · subdividing · redistricting · gerrymandering
- embellishmentsembellish, adorn, trimming, garnishing, bedecking
- nearnessnear, nearby, close, adjacent, next to
- proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity
- yard workmowing, lawn mowing, weeding, pruning, raking
- close tonear, nearby, adjacent, next to, beside
- adjacencyneighbor, touching, beside, abutting, contiguous
- bordering onApproaching a state
border, borders, bordered, borderline, borderland, borderless, cross-border, border on