Abut

Definition: Abut

Abut

Verb

1. Lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "abut" was first used: sometime in the early 13th century. (references)

Note: Abut \A*but"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Abutted; present participle verb or noun Abutting.]. (references)

Synonyms: Abut

Contiguity

Verb: be contiguous; Adjective: join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; adhere.

Support

Verb: be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle.

Crosswords: Abut

Books

• Complete Rv Handbook: Everything You Need to Know Abut Rving (reference)

• The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems Abut Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An aerial view of the restoration site. The containment dike, in the left corner, will soon hold the created wetlands that will abut the natural marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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Expressions using "abut": abut against ♦ abut on ♦ abut upon. Additional references.

Afrikaans

belend (adjoin, be next to). (various references)

Albanian

kufizohem (border on, bound), është ngjitur me. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناكب, ‏تاخم (border, march, verge), ‏جعله متاخما, ‏جعله مرتكزا على, ‏إرتكز على (be based). (various references)

Bulgarian 

устои (mainstay), опора (anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, faith, foothold, holder, jamb, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, purchase, rampart, rest, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stand by, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning), подпора (abutment, brace, bracing, bracket, counterfort, jamb, pillar, post, prop, puncheon, rest, shore, sprag, stand, stock, stull, support, tree, upright). (various references)

Chinese 

紧� (Abutted, Abutting). (various references)

Czech

hranièit (border, March). (various references)

Danish

i polykrystalliske materialer bliver dislokationerne standset af korngraenserne og danner opstuvninger, der lokalt kan fremkalde spaltebrud (dislocations in polycrystals are arrested by the grain junctions on which they abut and form stacks causing local decohesion). (various references)

Dutch

grenzen aan (abut on to, abut to, adjoin, be next to), belenden (adjoin, be next to). (various references)

Esperanto

limtuŝi (adjoin, be next to). (various references)

Farsi 

مماس بودن , متصل بودن یاشدن , مجاوربودن (Border, Bound), نزدیک بودن , خوردن (Eat, Feed, Grub, Have, Hurtle, Partake, Sample, Take). (various references)

Finnish

rajoittua kiinteistöön (to abut on an estate). (various references)

French

adosser, aboutir, juxtaposer, confiner � , être contigu. (various references)

Frisian

neistlizze (adjoin, be next to). (various references)

German

anstossen, angrenzen, anlehnen (lean, leave ajar, push to, rest, shut to, support, sustain, to abut, to leave ajar), angrenzen (adjacency, adjoin, border, flank, to flank), stoßen (buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, prod, punch, punt, push, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), grenzen (adjoi, border, borders, boundaries, boundries, confines, frontiers, limits, to abut, verge). (various references)

Greek 

συνορεύω (adjoin, border, border on, flank). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"יות סמוך ל-, ל�'בול (border, impinge, set a limit, verge). (various references)

Hungarian

határos valamivel. (various references)

Indonesian

berbatasan (border on), berbatas kepada. (various references)

Italian

accostare (accost, approach, draw near, go near, juxtapose), fare capo a, confinare (adjacency, border on, bordering, bound, confine, March, touch, verge). (various references)

Manx

sheeyney ry-cheilley (adjoin, contiguous, marry), sheeyn ry-cheilley. (various references)

Pig Latin

abutay.(various references)

Portuguese

apoiar-se em, lindar, estar em contato (touch), estar contíguo a, entestar com, confinar (border, bound, confine, coop, limit, mew, neighbor, neighbour, restrict, shut). (various references)

Romanian

se sprijini (bear on, depend on, go on, go upon, hang, recline, repose), se învecina. (various references)

Russian 

примыкать (adjoin, side with, verge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

naslanjati se na nešto, dodirivati nešto. (various references)

Spanish

arrimar (bring close, bring nearer, move up), apoyarse en (prop oneself against), terminar, confinar, lindar (abuts, touch), limitar con, estar en contacto (to about, to butt). (various references)

Swedish

gränsa intill (abut on). (various references)

Turkish

dayanmak (be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), bitişik olmak (adjoin, be touching, border, neighbor, neighbour, touch). (various references)

Ukrainian

упиратися (balk, recalcitrate), обпиратися, межувати (adjoin, affront, approach, border, butt, neighbor upon, neighbour upon, outskirt, touch on, verge), прилягати (adjoin, flank, neighbor upon, neighbour upon, outskirt). (various references)

Welsh

ymylu ar (border on), ffinio ar (border on), cydio (adjoin, annex, bite, join, take hold). (various references)

abouter. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "abut": abutilon, abutilons, abutment, abutments, abuts, abuttal, abuttals, abutted, abutter, abutters, abutting. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Abut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abait, abast, abat, abath, abaut, Abbat, abctg, abef, abeg, abeta, abett, abi, abito, abog, abop, abot, abott, abow, abowt, abrut, abst, Absu, abt, abu, abud, abue, abug, abun, abur, abus, abuti, abutt, abuy, abuz, adbit, afu, Agut, aju, ajut, Akbuk, albur, amut, anut, aout, arbit, atub, Augt, aut, auv, Ayut, Babuta, balut, Batut, bauf, bauz, Ebot, ebu, ebut, gabakt, gabot, habut, Jalbut, Lbut, Mabbut, sabut, tabut, ubut, yabud. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tabu, tuba.

-1 letter: bat, but, tab, tau, tub, uta.

-2 letters: ab, at, ba, ta, ut.

+1 letter: about, abuts, battu, beaut, tabun, tabus, tsuba, tubae, tubal, tubas.

+2 letters: abduct, ablaut, abrupt, arbute, baguet, barbut, bateau, battue, beauts, beauty, brutal, butane, hagbut, numbat, rubati, rubato, sacbut, sagbut, tabour, tabued, tabuli, tabuns, tambur, tubate, turban, upbeat.

+3 letters: abducts, ablauts, abluent, abluted, abought, abuttal, abutted, abutter, antibug, arbutes, arbutus, autobus, backout, baguets, bailout, ballute, banquet, barbuts, bateaux, bathtub, batteau, battues, bauxite, bawsunt, boatful, bullate, bullbat, bumboat, buoyant, bursate, bustard, butanes, butanol, buttals, butyral, cubital, cutback, cutbank, gunboat, habitue, habitus, hackbut, hagbuts, halibut, hautboy, mutable, mutably, numbats, outback, outbake, outbark, outbawl, outbeam, outbrag, paystub, robusta, rubatos, sacbuts, sackbut, sagbuts, saxtuba, subatom, sublate, subpart, subtask, subtaxa, sunbath, tableau, tabouli, tabours, tabuing, tabular, tabulis, tambour, tambura, tamburs, tarbush, tubaist, tubular, tugboat, tunable, tunably, turbans, turbary, unbated, upbeats, washtub.