bordering in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.border [Brit ˈbɔːdə, Am ˈbɔrdər] N

1. border (frontier):

border
frontière f (between entre)
France's border with Spain
la frontière entre la France et l'Espagne
on the Swiss border
sur la frontière suisse
to have borders with six countries
avoir une frontière commune avec six pays
to cross the border
passer la frontière
to escape over or across the border
s'échapper en passant la frontière
our allies across the border
nos alliés de l'autre côté de la frontière
north of the border (gen)
au nord de la frontière
north of the border (when in England)
en Écosse
north of the border (when in Ireland)
en Irlande du Nord
south of the border (gen)
au sud de la frontière
south of the border (when in Scotland)
en Angleterre
south of the border (when in Northern Ireland)
en République d'Irlande
south of the border (when in US)
au Mexique
south of the border attr control
aux frontières
south of the border crossing, patrol, state
frontalier/-ière
south of the border area, post, town, zone
frontière
south of the border after n, inv police
des frontières

II.border [Brit ˈbɔːdə, Am ˈbɔrdər] VB trans

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I.border on VB [Brit ˈbɔːdə -, Am ˈbɔrdər -] (border on [sth])

border agency [ˈbɔːdər ˌeɪdʒənsɪ] N

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I.border [ˈbɔ:dəʳ, Am ˈbɔ:rdɚ] N

II.border [ˈbɔ:dəʳ, Am ˈbɔ:rdɚ] VB trans

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herbaceous border
massif d'herbacées

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bordering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a border post
un poste frontalier
herbaceous border
massif d'herbacées
to escort sb back to the border
reconduire à la frontière
to get sb over the border
faire passer la frontière à qn
imaginary border between French- and German-speaking Switzerland
barrière de roesti(s) CH
the crowd rushed towards the border
la foule se rua vers la frontière
private transmitter/radio/station (transmitting from just outside the French border)
poste/radio/station périphérique
to rake over a path/a border
ratisser une allée/une platebande
the towns on the German border
les villes limitrophes de l'Allemagne
this border is sown with pansies
cette plate-bande est semée de pensées

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Bordering the arms, place a square wave representing the battlements of a castle.
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As you would expect, aghast at what many viewed as a decision bordering on filicide.
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On the third day of their trip, they stumble upon the ruins of a strangely shaped house bordering a large lake.
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The average decrease of population between 2009 and 2012 was approximately 1.27% p.a., whereas the population in bordering rural regions is shrinking with accelerating tendency.
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The present state of the law is crude to an extent bordering on arbitrariness.
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A very subtle, bordering on characterless, almond jelly.
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It features large, mature trees and many outstanding gardens, both flower and vegetable (some large enough to be bordering on small-scale farming operations).
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Wildlife was able to maraud at night into the farms bordering the park, destroying crops, creating fear and loss of both revenue and on occasions, lives.
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He pursued a daring economic policy, bordering liberalism, while trying to straighten out the royal finances.
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A sound barrier along the neighborhoods bordering 280 has yet to be installed.
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