neighboring

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neighboring - 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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  Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, a.
     Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations
     or countries.
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neighboring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)]

neighboring - 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