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| Main Entry: | verge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremity, limit |
| Synonyms: | border, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, edge, extreme, fringe, hem, lip, margin, point, rim, skirt, threshold, selvage, terminus |
| Antonyms: | middle |
| Main Entry: | verge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come near |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, border, bound, communicate, edge, end, fringe, hem, incline, join, lean, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, skirt, surround, tend, touch, trench, trend, be on the edge, brink on, butt on, gravitate toward |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | bound/bounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farthest limit |
| Synonyms: | boundary, compass, confine, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, purlieus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | brim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of object, usually the top |
| Synonyms: | border, brink, circumference, fringe, hem, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | brink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of an object or area |
| Synonyms: | border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | circumference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, perimeter |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, circuit, compass, confines, extremity, fringe, girth, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge, bounds, limits |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | crust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiff outer layer; coating |
| Synonyms: | band, bloom, border, coat, concretion, covering, edge, film, hull, integument, layer, outside, rind, shell, skin, surface, verge, caking, encrustation, incrustation, scab |
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, flounce, hem, limit, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, ruffle, skirt, verge, edging, mane, rickrack, tassel |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | hem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, edge |
| Synonyms: | brim, brink, define, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, trimming, verge, edging, piping, selvage, skirting |
| Antonyms: | body, center, interior |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, skirt, surround, verge, begird, close in, hedge in, shut in |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge, elbowroom*, selvage |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neighbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, border, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, butt against |
| Main Entry: | perimeter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumference, border |
| Synonyms: | ambit, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, compass, confines, edge, fringe, hem, limit, margin, outline, periphery, skirt, verge, bounds |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | periphery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outskirts, outer edge |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, circumference, compass, covering, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outside, perimeter, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | rim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; top edge |
| Synonyms: | band, brim, brink, brow, circumference, confine, curb, end, fringe, hem, ledge, limit, line, lip, margin, outline, perimeter, periphery, ring, skirt, strip, top, verge, terminus |
| Antonyms: | center, middle |
| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
| Synonyms: | beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, compass, confine, edge, encompass, envelop, environ, fringe, gird, girdle, inundate, invest, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, skirt, verge, box in, close around, close in, close in on, enclave, fence in, go around, hem in, lay siege to, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | threshold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening; beginning |
| Synonyms: | brink, dawn, door, edge, entrance, gate, inception, origin, outset, point, start, verge, vestibule, doorstep, doorway, point of departure, sill, starting point |
| Main Entry: | eve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | night before |
| Synonyms: | brink, evening, night, threshold, verge, vigil, evening before |
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