Abut

Etymology
From abouter:, aboter:; compare French aboutir:, and also abuter:; a: (Latin ad:) + Old French boter:, buter:. Compare French bout:, and but:.

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.
 * In a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
 * His land abuts on the road.
 * 1)  To abut on.

Synonyms

 * abut on

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, опирам се о
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: gränsa till

Anagrams

 * tabu
 * tuba

Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rabut.

Verb
abut


 * 1) to pluck