 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abut
verb: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border},
{adjoin}, {edge}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt
on}]
[also: {abutting}, {abutted}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abut \A*but"\, verb (used without an object) [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 contiguous; to
meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
road.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "abut":
abut on, adjoin, appose, be based on, be contiguous, be in contact,
bear on, bestraddle, bestride, border, border on, bring near, butt,
communicate, conjoin, connect, join, juxtapose, juxtaposit,
lean on, lie by, lie on, line, march, neighbor, perch, put with,
rely on, repose on, rest on, ride, sit on, stand by, stand on,
straddle, stride, touch, verge, verge upon
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