neighboring

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)}]
    

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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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