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lie near
verb as in border on
verb as in join
Example Sentences
That is, a honk and a tweet may lie near the heart of any easy listening.
In three days, with great difficulty, they passed the swamps and marshes which lie near the harbour.
In this way it occasionally happens that seams of coal, when they lie near the surface, take fire of their own accord.
Where the areas of conglomerate lie near faster falling streams, the irregular masses of unweathered rocks appear.
Rows of tube-feet lie near together, on a flat under surface, and form a kind of sole on which the animal creeps.
As the shadow of the ball is dense and not much enlarged, it must lie near the plate.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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