border vs windrow

border

noun
  • The outer edge of something. 

  • A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string. 

  • A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. 

  • border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup. 

  • The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. 

  • A decorative strip around the edge of something. 

verb
  • To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). 

  • To put a border on something. 

  • To form a border around; to bound. 

  • To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). 

  • To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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