lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
EDGE
the boundary of a surface
a line determining the limits of an area
provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"
a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it"
END
one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time"
(football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no one wanted to play end"
put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either
FRONTIER
an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
MARGIN
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory"
the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin"
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
RIM
roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"
the top edge of a vessel or other container
furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"
the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
SIDE
a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack"
take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m siding against the current candidate"
a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side"
an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"
an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"