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abut

[ uh-buht ]

verb (used without object)

abutted, abutting.
  1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against ):

    This piece of land abuts on a street.



verb (used with object)

abutted, abutting.
  1. to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
  2. to support by an abutment.

abut

/ əˈ²úÊŒ³Ù /

verb

  1. usually foll byon, upon, or against to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of abut1

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French abuter touch at one end, verbal derivative of a but to (the) end; a- 5, butt 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of abut1

C15: from Old French abouter to join at the ends, border on; influenced by abuter to touch at an end, buttress
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Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer from the kind of wildfire that hit Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

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Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.

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That, in turn, abuts Friedman’s 30th District, which is centered on Burbank.

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The shrubs abutting the building had caught fire.

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His kids were baptized in the Windmill Chapel, which abuts the lake and looks as if it had been magically transported from the Netherlands.

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