abut

---

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbʌt/
• (America) IPA: /əˈbʌt/

Verb

abut (abuts, present participle abutting; past and past participle abutted)

1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.

   His land abuts on the road.

2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Translations

• Spanish: lindar, colindar, limitar

Translations

• French: aboutir, abouter
• German: grenzen, angrenzen
• Russian: грани́чить
• Spanish: bordear

Verb

abut (abuts, present participle abutting; past and past participle abutted)

1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004