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border

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BORDER

to serve as a border for <that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off>

Synonyms bound, edge, frame, fringe, margin, rim, skirt

Related Words hem, trim; circumscribe, define, delineate, demarcate, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace; circle, compass, encircle, enclose (also inclose), environ, girdle, girth, loop, ring, round, surround, wall; check, confine, control, curb, limit, restrain, restrict

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