Neighboring

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  neighbor \neigh"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neighbored}; p. pr. &
     vb. n {Neighboring}.]
     1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
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              Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore.


                                                    --Sandys.
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     2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, a.
     Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations
     or countries.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neighboring
       adj 1: situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbor},
               {neighbour}, {neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}]
       2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";
          "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states;
          Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany
          conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state
          of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent},
           {adjoining}, {conterminous}, {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "neighboring":
     abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling,
     circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent,
     circumfluous, circumjacent, close, close-by, connecting,
     conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, embracing, encircling,
     enclosing, encompassing, end to end, endways, endwise, enfolding,
     enveloping, environing, face to face, immediate, joined,
     juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor,
     next, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, touching,
     wrapping