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S: (n) boundary, bound, bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
S: (n) boundary, edge, bound (a line determining the limits of an area)

S: (n) line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)

S: (n) curve (a line on a graph representing data)
S: (n) curve, curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
S: (n) straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature) "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
S: (n) geodesic, geodesic line ((mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere))
S: (n) perimeter (a line enclosing a plane areas)
S: (n) centerline, center line (a line that bisects a plane figure)
S: (n) boundary, edge, bound (a line determining the limits of an area)

W: (v) bound [Related to: boundary, bound] (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
W: (v) edge [Related to: edge] (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary) "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

W: (n) edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
W: (n) edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))

S: (v) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary) "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

W: (v) bound [Related to: bound] (place limits on (extent or amount or access)) "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

S: (n) limit, bound, boundary (the greatest possible degree of something) "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"