1. Having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term
   "black-bordered handkerchief"

1. Form the boundary of; be contiguous to
   "Canada borders the United States";
   - bound
    
2. Share a boundary with or be adjacent to
   "Canada borders the U.S.";
   - adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
    
3. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   "The forest borders my property";
   - surround, environ, ring, skirt
    
4. Enclose in or as if in a frame
   "border a picture";
   - frame, frame in
    
5. Provide with a border or edge
   "border the tablecloth with embroidery";
   - edge

See also: boxed, deckled, deckle-edged, edged, featheredged, finite, fringed, lined, sawtoothed-edged, seagirt, spiny-edged, white-edged

Type of: adjoin, close in, confine, contact, enclose, furnish, hold in, inclose, meet, offer, provide, render, shut in, supply, touch

Antonym: unbordered

Encyclopedia: Bordered