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Neighboring   /nˈeɪbərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
neighbor  v. t.  (past & past part. neighbored; pres. part. neighboring)  
1.
To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. "Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore."
2.
To associate intimately with. (Obs.)


Neighbor  v. i.  To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. (Obs.) "A copse that neighbors by."


adjective
Neighboring  adj.  Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.





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"Neighboring" Quotes from Famous Books



... has the most drastic law of any of the States; as a consequence it has in proportion to the population, about seven times as many proven cases of adultery as any other State. There are nearly four times as many such cases there, as in the neighboring State of Pennsylvania. This is not because the good people of New York are so much worse than their neighbors, but because the law requires that residents of the former State, who desire divorce, commit adultery; unless they have the time, money and ...
— Reno - A Book of Short Stories and Information • Lilyan Stratton
... attended was held in a neighboring farm-house, and there is very little to tell concerning it, but at seven I began to go to the public school in Onalaska and memory becomes definite, for the wide river which came silently out of the unknown ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... Esclevador and his little band of venturesome followers explored the neighboring fastnesses in quest for gold, the Father Miguel tarried at the shrine which in sweet piety they had hewn out of the stubborn rock in that strangely desolate spot. Here, upon that serene August morning, the holy Father held communion ...
— The Holy Cross and Other Tales • Eugene Field
... parts of Paris, were built of masonry and wood. They were massive structures into which the air and light penetrated with difficulty, and which consequently formed a dangerous focus of infection for those who occupied them, and for the inhabitants of the neighboring houses. So the introduction of iron into the construction of markets will bring about a genuine revolution whose influence will soon make itself felt in all branches ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 • Various
... down the valleys like a mighty conqueror. Hundreds were smitten and the hand of death could not be stayed. Whole villages were depopulated and even the dead were left unburied. For a while the village of Oberammergau was favored, while neighboring villages were stricken. A line of sentinels were stationed around the village and a strict quarantine was maintained. Finally, love of home and the desire to see his family caused a laboring man, Casper Schushler, who was working in ...
— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols


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