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linespacing
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verge
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skirted
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bound
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draw a line
dividing line
lambrequin
circuit
circumference
borderwork
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knife-edge
brink
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end
abut on
fringing
barrier
confine
pearl
round
bourne
edge
back board
contour
white-edged
bourn
lye
welt
mereing
liminocentric
limitate
meta
bounder
cross-border
red line
mark off
peripheral
dole
linelet
butting
crossline
touchline
worm fence
skirt
border on
but
keyline
bush
threshold
hash mark
emborder
lap
multiline
terminus
triple point
diabaterial
oblique
periphery
margin
edgewise
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edged
skirted
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white-edged
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balkline
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bourne
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back board
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lye
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red line
dole
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crossline
touchline
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skirt
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threshold
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lap
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margin
border
set
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draw a line
verge
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round
edge
contour
mark off
border on
bush
emborder
noun
noun
noun
noun
- An edge or border.
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
verb
verb
- fix in a border
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- locate
- disappear beyond the horizon
- adapt for performance in a different way
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- apply or start
- become gelatinous
- set in type
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- estimate
- equip with sails or masts
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- produce fruit
- arrange attractively
noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
adj
noun
- A colored or gilded border.
- Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
- A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
- A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
- A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- The thread of a screw.
- A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
verb
noun
noun
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
adj
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Very likely (to), certain to
- Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
- Obliged (to).
- Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
verb
noun
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- a racetrack for automobile races
- movement once around a course
verb
adj
noun
noun
noun
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
verb
noun
- A boundary or limit.
- A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
- The lists in a tournament.
- A structure that bars passage.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
verb
noun
- A fringe or border.
- Something precious.
- A light-colored tern.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
- Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
- The clitoris.
verb
- To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- To resemble pearl or pearls.
- To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
- To hunt for pearls
verb
- To turn past a boundary.
- To go round, pass, go past.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- To shape something into a curve.
- To advance to home plate.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- To do ward rounds.
- To become shaped into a curve.
- To finish; to complete; to fill out.
adj
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Large in magnitude.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- Plump.
- Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- Vaulted.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
noun
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A circular dance.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- A round-top.
- A round of beef.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- A stage in a competition.
- A stage or level of a game.
- The hindquarters of a bovine.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- The play after each deal.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
verb
- provide with a border or edge
- advance slowly, as if by inches
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- provide with an edge
noun
- the boundary of a surface
- a line determining the limits of an area
- a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- a slight competitive advantage
- the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
noun
- An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
- a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
- A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.
- A general description giving the most important points.
verb
noun
- A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
- A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A feature resembling a welt.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
verb
adj
- Having an edge or border which is simultaneously a centre, or internal areas that are indistinguishable from boundary areas.
- Having an identity between the very small and very large such that both are equivalent or indistinguishable.
- Arranged such that the centre simultaneously encompasses external elements while remaining located within them.
noun
- Boundary marker.
- Metoidioplasty.
- Metagame; the most effective tactics and strategies used in a competitive video game in a given period of time.
- An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
- Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
adj
noun
- Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
- The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals
- A petticoat.
- Women collectively, in a sexual context.
- A woman.
- Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- A loose edging to any part of a dress.
verb
noun
- A limit; a boundary.
- An instance or example of using the word "but".
- The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
conj
- Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
- However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
- Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
- On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
- Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
prep
adv
verb
- To furnish with a bush or lining; to line.
- To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
- To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
- To become bushy (often used with up).
- To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
noun
- A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand.
- The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry.
- An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest.
- A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
- A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
- Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.
- A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal.
- A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
- A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's.
- Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"
- A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
- The tail, or brush, of a fox.
- The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.
adv
adj
noun
- a region marking a boundary
- the starting point for a new state or experience
- the smallest detectable sensation
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
noun
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
- The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
- The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
- In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- One circuit around a race track.
- A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
- A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- The act or process of lapping.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- a place of rearing and fostering
- The upper legs of a seated person.
verb
- to envelop, enfold
- To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- to wind around
- To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
- To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
noun
- The point where two boundaries, such as a dry line, outflow boundary, or cold front, intersect.
- The intersection of an occluded front, cold front, and warm front.
- A point where a curve or surface intersects itself along three arcs.
- The unique temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and gas phases of a substance are all in equilibrium.
- A point where the incident shock wave, the reflected shock wave, the Mach stem, and one slipstream meet.
- A point where three plates intersect.
noun
verb
- To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
- To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
- To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
adj
- Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
- Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
noun
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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