different between border vs enclose
border
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.
Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?b??d?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??d?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b??d?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
- Homophone: boarder (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Noun
border (countable and uncountable, plural borders)
- The outer edge of something.
- the borders of the garden
- 1843, Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation, Fragment on Government, Civil Code, Penal Law
- upon the borders of these solitudes
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Reptentance (sermon)
- in the borders of death
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
- The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
- 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre
- A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.
- 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
- (Britain, uncountable) border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)
- (transitive) To put a border on something.
- (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
- (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
- Denmark borders Germany to the south.
- (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
- Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
- (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
- Wit which borders upon profaneness […] deserves to be branded as folly.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
Derived terms
- border on
- cross-border
Translations
Anagrams
- roberd
French
Etymology
From bord +? -er, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??.de/
Verb
border
- to border (add a border to)
- to border (share a border with)
- to tuck in
Conjugation
Derived terms
- avoir le cul bordé de nouilles
Further reading
- “border” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- broder, rebord
Middle English
Noun
border
- Alternative form of bourdour
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- bord
Noun
border n
- indefinite plural of bord
Etymology 2
Noun
border m
- indefinite plural of bord
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enclose
English
Alternative forms
- inclose (was as common as or more common than enclose until the early 1800s, is now uncommon)
Etymology
From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaud?, *inclaudere, from Latin incl?d? (doublet of include). Equivalent to en- +? close.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n?klo?z/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?kl??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?klo?z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
enclose (third-person singular simple present encloses, present participle enclosing, simple past and past participle enclosed)
- (transitive) to surround with a wall, fence, etc.
- (transitive) to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package
Usage notes
- Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser and enclosure, with in- (i.e. as inclose, incloser, inclosure). Since 1820, the forms with en- have predominated.
Synonyms
- (to surround with a wall &c.): incastellate, encastellate (used for cisterns, fountains, &c.); see also fortify
Translations
See also
- encircle
- encloser
- enclosable
References
Anagrams
- coleens
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