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1 to abut against
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3 abut
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butt [bʌt]1 noun∎ the butt end le bout∎ why don't you get off your butt and do something? remue-toi un peu les fesses et fais quelque chose!;∎ you just sit around on your butt all day! tu ne fous rien de toute la journée!;∎ move your butt! bouge-toi!∎ Military the butts le champ ou la butte de tir∎ she became the butt of their teasing elle s'est trouvée en butte à leurs taquineries;∎ he was the butt of all the office jokes il était la cible de toutes les plaisanteries du bureau∎ the goat butted its head against the gate la chèvre donna un coup de corne à la barrière;∎ figurative he butted his way through the crowds il s'est forcé un passage dans la foule3 adverb∎ butt naked à poil►► Technology butt joint joint m abouté, soudure f bout à bout;butt welding soudure f bout à bout∎ excuse me for butting in excusez-moi de m'en mêler ou de vous interrompre;∎ she is always butting in on people's conversations elle s'immisce toujours dans les conversations des autresfamiliar s'occuper de ses fesses;∎ butt out! occupe-toi de tes fesses!;∎ just butt out of my life! laisse-moi vivre!
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abut against — (also abut upon) Meet (end to end or side to side), be contiguous, adjoin, be adjacent to, terminate at or upon, be conterminous with, be juxtaposed … New dictionary of synonyms
abut — v. (D; intr.) to abut against, on, upon * * * [ə bʌt] on upon (D; intr.) to abutagainst … Combinatory dictionary
abut upon — See abut against … New dictionary of synonyms
abut — /ə bət/ vb abut·ted, abut·ting vi: to touch along a border or with a projecting part used with on, upon, or against the land abut s on the road vt: to border on: reach or touch with an end two lots that abut each other … Law dictionary
Abut — A*but , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abut — [v] touch or be next to something adjoin, be adjacent to, border on, butt against, join, neighbor; concept 749 … New thesaurus
abut — [ə but′] vi. abutted, abutting [ME aboutien < OFr abouter, to join end to end < a , to + bout, end] to end (on) or lean ( upon) at one end; border ( on); terminate ( against) vt. to end at; border upon … English World dictionary
Abut — In property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and up against each others borders … Wikipedia
abut — verb two rows of forsythia abut one another where the driveway meets the sidewalk Syn: adjoin, be adjacent to, butt against, border, neighbor, join, touch, meet, reach, be contiguous with … Thesaurus of popular words
abut — v. (abutted, abutting) 1 intr. (foll. by on) (of estates, countries, etc.) adjoin (another). 2 intr. (foll. by on, against) (of part of a building) touch or lean upon (another) with a projecting end or point (the shed abutted on the side of the… … Useful english dictionary
abut — /euh but /, v., abutted, abutting. v.i. 1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often fol. by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street. v.t. 2. to be adjacent to; border on; end at. 3. to support by an abutment … Universalium