abut

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Kiput 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /əˈbʌt/

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive) 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.

2. (transitive) To abut on.

[edit] Synonyms

• (transitive) abut on

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abtu
• tabu
• tuba

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[edit] Kiput

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *Rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rabut.

[edit] Verb

abut

1. to pluck