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[syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, a.
Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations
or countries.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
neighboring
adj 1: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching;
"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: adjacent, conterminous,
contiguous, neighboring(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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