NEIGHBOR

neighbor, neighbour

(noun) a nearby object of the same kind; “Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas”; “what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?”

neighbor, neighbour

(noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another

neighbor, neighbour

(verb) be located near or adjacent to; “Pakistan neighbors India”

neighbor, neighbour

(verb) live or be located as a neighbor; “the neighboring house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

neighbor (plural neighbors)

United States standard spelling of neighbour.

Verb

neighbor (third-person singular simple present neighbors, present participle neighboring, simple past and past participle neighbored)

United States standard spelling of neighbour.

Source: Wiktionary


Neigh"bor, n. Etym: [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgeb; neáh nigh + gebr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nahgib. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.]

1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.

2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak.

3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.

Neigh"bor, a.

Definition: Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room." Shak.

neigh"bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]

1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to. Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.

2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak.

Neigh"bor, v. i.

Definition: To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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