8
contour(noun, verb, touch, outline, edge)
8
flank(noun, verb, part, top, outline)
8
join(verb, move, hold, end, meet)
7
band(noun, verb)
7
neighbor(noun, verb, move, end, meet)
7
pale(noun, borderline, boundary, frontier)
7
threshold(noun, beginning, edge, borderline, boundary)
6
bind(verb, hold, touch, restrain, join)
6
connect(verb, hold, cover, touch, secure)
6
enclose(verb, set, touch, trick, protect)
6
meet(verb, cover, advance, touch, hit)
6
ring(noun, verb, end, protect, contain)
5
ambit(noun, edge, borderline, margin, frontier)
5
bank(noun, edge, land, side, soil)
5
be in contact(verb, expression, idiom, meet, touch)
5
butt against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, mark, touch)
5
butt on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, end)
5
coast(noun, edge, land, side, soil)
5
communicate(verb, move, end, meet, mark)
5
contact(noun, verb, advance, meet, touch)
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