| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary: border, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim. Chiefly Military : perimeter. See EDGE. 2. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur: borderline, brink, edge, point, threshold. See EDGE. | | VERB: | 1. To be contiguous or next to: abut, adjoin, border, bound2, butt2, join, meet1, neighbor, touch. See NEAR. 2. To put or form a border on: border, bound2, edge, fringe, margin, rim, skirt. See EDGE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | verge on To come near, as in quality or amount: approach, approximate, border on or (upon), challenge, rival. See SAME.
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