border sF® 0 border guards/controls j&KjW

31;     0 a border dispute/incident   / #1

ftoa border town/state          / j'H 0 {figura­

tive) It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship, g ft fn M 'tf 2 M 63 If M 2t UA #J f#» 2 a strip around the edge of sth such as a picture or a piece of cloth    'eiji: a pillowcase with a lace border fj ft

3 (in a garden ft-g]) a strip of soil which is planted with flowers, along the edge of the grass ( mW         — picture o page R24

» verb [VN] 1 (of a country or an area H^bJcJ&E) to share a border with another country or area ffl • • • wH;4P; •%'••• S±H: the countries bordering the Baltic        fn i#0

^ 2 to form a line along or around the edge of sth jQr • • • (HJii;          Meadows bordered the path

to the woods.      0 0 The large

garden is bordered by a stream.

IJfl;M 'border on sth 1 to come very close to being sth, especially a strong or unpleasant emotion or quality if; j£ ^ :  She felt an anxiety bordering on

hysteria.     —     MWMf&0 2 to be

next to sth j£|r; :         areas bordering on the Black

Sea mmWt&MK

.Border collie noun a medium-sized black and white dog, often used as a sheepdog          ®

ft,

border land /'boidalaend; NAmE 'boirdar-/ noun 1 [c] an area of land close to a border between two countries 11;          2 [sing.] an area between two qualities, ideas

or subjects that has features of both but is not clearly one or the other (

W )    the murky borderland between history

and myth   It&tl

border-line /'boidalain; NAmE 'boirdar-/ adj., noun m adj. not clearly belonging to a particular condition or group; not clearly acceptable fjf M if W ; W»fZ I h]

: In borderline cases teachers will take the final decision, based on the student’s previous work. ffM

not used when you cross from one country to another. JfeSI69boundary, boundary: After the war the national boundaries were redrawn.   ISJf-0 o Thousands of

immigrants cross the boundary every day. Boundary is used for the borders between counties in Britain, both on the map and on the ground.        boundary

tkfcifen&fcMSPIf: We crossed the county boundary into Devon.          TI13C0

States and counties in the US are separated by lines but ‘line’ is not used for national borders.     jHfIF'fnJL

^Uline,      line: crossing state/county lines

o -national lines Boundary can also be a physical line between two places, for example between property belonging to two different people, marked by a fence or wall. * boundary   M

the

boundary fence/wall between the properties

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS m across/along/on/over a/the border/boundary/line/ frontier

x at the boundary/frontier

■                 the border/boundary/frontier with a place

■                 the northern/southern/eastern/western border/ boundary/line/frontier

■                 a national/common/disputed border/boundary/ frontier

■                 a county boundary/line

■                 to share a border/boundary/frontier

■                 a border/boundary/frontier dispute

a border/frontier crossing/post/area/town