ABUT

border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on

(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; “Canada adjoins the U.S.”; “England marches with Scotland”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

(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.]

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

Usage notes

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on or (obsolete) to.

Etymology 2

Verb

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

(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.]

Usage notes

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on, or against.

Anagrams

• Batu, Taub, Tuba, batu, buat, buta, tabu, tuba

Source: Wiktionary

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A*but", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abutting.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet;

– with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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