ABUT

abut

Verb

  1. To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet, of an estate, country, etc. <ref name=SOED/>
    It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
    His land abuts on the road.
  2. To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to; to support by an abutment. <ref name=SOED/>


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