neighbor

Pluralneighbors

Formsneighbors, neighboring, neighbored

1. 1
   next doornouncountable

   A person who lives next door or near you, or a person or thing that is right beside another.

   My neighbor has a big dog that barks at night.

   This tree is much taller than its neighbors.

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2. 2
   fellow humannouncountable

   In the Bible and in religion, any other person, not just someone who lives near you.

   At church we learned that anyone in need is our neighbor.

   Her faith teaches her to help her neighbors, even people far away.

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3. 3
   lie besideverbtransitive

   To be right next to a place or thing.

   Small farms neighbor our town on every side.

   Our garden neighbors a quiet little lake.

   Similarborder, adjoin, abut

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4. 4
   trusted friendnouncountable

   A person you feel close to and trust with your secrets.

   Buckingham / No more shall be the neighbour to my counsel.

   c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third:”Here, neighbour means a trusted person close to me, who shares my secrets.

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5. 5
   keep companyverbintransitive

   To spend time with people and be close to them.

   In the country, families neighbor with each other and help at harvest time.

   My grandparents neighbored with the Garcias for years and were like one family.

   Similarsocialize, associate

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6. 6
   be similarverbfigurativelyintransitive

   To be very like something or almost the same as it, used with on.

   Some of his jokes neighbor on rudeness.

   By noon, the heat was neighboring on dangerous.

   Similarborder, verge

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