Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to border
Participle: bordered
Gerund: bordering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | border |
| you | border |
| he;she;it | borders |
| we | border |
| you | border |
| they | border |
Perfect
| I | have bordered |
| you | have bordered |
| he;she;it | has bordered |
| we | have bordered |
| you | have bordered |
| they | have bordered |
Past
| I | bordered |
| you | bordered |
| he;she;it | bordered |
| we | bordered |
| you | bordered |
| they | bordered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bordered |
| you | had bordered |
| he;she;it | had bordered |
| we | had bordered |
| you | had bordered |
| they | had bordered |
Future
| I | will border |
| you | will border |
| he;she;it | will border |
| we | will border |
| you | will border |
| they | will border |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bordered |
| you | will have bordered |
| he;she;it | will have bordered |
| we | will have bordered |
| you | will have bordered |
| they | will have bordered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | border |
| you | border |
| he;she;it | border |
| we | border |
| you | border |
| they | border |
Perfect
| I | have bordered |
| you | have bordered |
| he;she;it | have bordered |
| we | have bordered |
| you | have bordered |
| they | have bordered |
Imperfect
| I | bordered |
| you | bordered |
| he;she;it | bordered |
| we | bordered |
| you | bordered |
| they | bordered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bordered |
| you | had bordered |
| he;she;it | had bordered |
| we | had bordered |
| you | had bordered |
| they | had bordered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would border |
| you | would border |
| he;she;it | would border |
| we | would border |
| you | would border |
| they | would border |
Perfect
| I | would have bordered |
| you | would have bordered |
| he;she;it | would have bordered |
| we | would have bordered |
| you | would have bordered |
| they | would have bordered |
Imperative
| you | border |
| we | Let's border |
| you | border |
Verbs conjugated like 'border'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'border'
bodder,
order,
barber,
barter,
bode,
bolden,
bore,
bother,
boulder,
bower,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- adjoin
- skirt, abut, define, bound, edge, confine, fringe, limit
Antonyms
- adjoin
- disjoin, disconnect, disunite, separate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old French bordeurebor.
3. Middle English bordure
4. English border
5. Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.
6. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.
7. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc. See: English '
board', English '
beard'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of sails, she rode at a furious pace upon the waves, which filled one with an indescribable sense of pride and exultation. As she plunged into a foaming valley, how I loved to see the green waves, bordered deep with white, come rushing on astern, to buoy her upward at their pleasure, and curl about her as she stooped again, but always own her for their haughty mistress still ! On, on we flew, with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of the eyes, was the only reply, for a moment; and then Marie answered, “ O, I don't know, Cousin; I suppose I 'm as well as I ever shall be ! ” and Marie wiped her eyes with a cambric handkerchief, bordered with an inch deep of black.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)