Sekirov Dictionary

neighbour

UK /ˈneɪbə/US /ˈneɪbɚ/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 4

noun4

•
a person whose home stands next to another home or a short way from it
- My neighbour has two noisy cats.
- They′re our neighbours across the street.
•
Anything located directly adjacent to something else.
- The flood fill algorithm fills an area with colour by starting at one pixel and recursively visiting its neighbours.
•
A fellow human being.
- You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. — 1982
•
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
- Buckingham / No more shall be the neighbour to my counsel. — 1593

verb3

•
To be adjacent to
- Though France neighbours Germany, its culture is significantly different.
•
(figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
- That sort of talk is neighbouring on treason.
•
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
- […] the barbarous Scythyan, […] / Shall bee as well neighbour’d, pittyed and relieued / As thou my sometime daughter. — 1603

forms

neighboured · neighbouring · neighboureth · neighbours

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