to live or be situated near to; adjoin; border on.
8.
to place or bring near.
verb (used without object)
9.
to live or be situated nearby.
10.
to associate with or as if with one's neighbors; be neighborly or friendly (often followed by with).
Also, especially British, neigh·bour.
Origin: before 900; Middle English; Old English neahgebūr, nēahbūr (nēahnigh + (ge)būr farmer; see Boer, boor); akin to Dutch nabuur,German Nachbar,Old Norse nābūi
O.E. neahgebur (W.Saxon), nehebur (Anglian), from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du. (na)bur, O.H.G. nahgibur, M.H.G. nachgebur, Ger. Nachbar). The verb is first attested in 1586.