♦ border

♦ border
♦ border /ˈbɔ:də(r)/
n.
1 orlo; bordo, bordatura; bordura: a lace border, un orlo di pizzo
2 (di giardino) bordura; aiuola (lunga e stretta): a border of flowers, una bordura di fiori; herbaceous border, aiuola piantata a erbe e fiori perenni
3 (anche fig.) confine; frontiera: southern border, confine meridionale; the Swiss border, la frontiera svizzera; across the border, al di là del confine; oltreconfine; border incident, incidente di frontiera NOTA D'USO: -frontier, border o boundary?-
4 margine; limitare
5 (= the Border, o the Borders) (geogr.) la zona di confine fra l'Inghilterra e la Scozia
6 (geogr.) the Border, il confine tra la Repubblica irlandese e l'Irlanda del Nord.
(to) border /ˈbɔ:də(r)/
A v. t.
1 bordare; orlare: The scarf was bordered with a fringe, lo scialle era bordato con una frangia
2 confinare con: Spain borders France along the Pyrenees, la Spagna confina con la Francia lungo i Pirenei
3 delimitare; fare da confine a; fiancheggiare; costeggiare: My field is bordered by a brook, il mio campo è delimitato da un ruscello; A dense wood borders the northern shore of the lake, una densa foresta si stende lungo la sponda nord del lago
B v. i.
1 to border on, confinare con
2 to border on, rasentare: an attitude bordering on provocation, un atteggiamento che rasenta la provocazione.

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