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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Abutting.] [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.]
     To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
     meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
     road.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Abutting.] [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.]
     To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
     meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
     road.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  abut
       v : lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
           the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
            adjoin, edge, march, butt, butt against, butt
           on]
       [also: abutting, abutted]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     Αγγλικά vb.
     στηρίζομαι, ακουμπώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     Balinese vb.
     to pull
     Hiligaynon vb.
     to arrive at a place
     Kiput vb.
     to pluck
     Scots conj.
     (alt form sco abit)
     vb.
     1 (lb en 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.)<ref
  name=SOED/>
     2 (lb en transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent
  to. (First attested in the mid 19<sup>th</sup>
  century.)<ref name=SOED/>
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part
  of a building or wall. (First attested in the late
  16<sup>th</sup> century.)<ref name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     vb.
     1 (lb en 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.)<ref
  name=SOED/>
     2 (lb en transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent
  to. (First attested in the mid 19<sup>th</sup>
  century.)<ref name=SOED/>
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part
  of a building or wall. (First attested in the late
  16<sup>th</sup> century.)<ref name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     vb.
     1 (lb en 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.)<ref
  name=SOED/>
     2 (lb en transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent
  to. (First attested in the mid 19<sup>th</sup>
  century.)<ref name=SOED/>
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part
  of a building or wall. (First attested in the late
  16<sup>th</sup> century.)<ref name=SOED/>

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     vb.
     1 (lb en 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.)<ref
  name=SOED/>
     2 (lb en transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent
  to. (First attested in the mid 19<sup>th</sup>
  century.)<ref name=SOED/>
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part
  of a building or wall. (First attested in the late
  16<sup>th</sup> century.)<ref name=SOED/>

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     Englanti vb.
     ~ (''on'') rajoittua jhk (''maantieteellisesti''), olla jonkin
  vieressä, kohdata (yhtymäkohdassa), yhtyä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  abut
     Engelska vb.
     1 gränsa till
     2 stöta till

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/
  belend

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Abut /ɐbˈʌt/
  1. يتاخم
  2. يرتكز على

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  abut //əˈbʌt// 
  гранича, опирам се о
  to border on

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  hraničit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  dosedat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  přiléhat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  sousedit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  an etw. grenzen, angrenzen, anstoßen 
        "The property abuts a park."  - Das Grundstück grenzt an einen Park an.
     Synonym: abut sth.
  
   see: abutting, abutted, abuts, abutted
  
           Note: on sth.

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/
  
  συνορεύω, εφάπτομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  abut //əˈbʌt// 
  rajoittua
  to border on

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  abut /əbʌt/
  aboutir

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/ 
  1. मिलना
        "His boundary abuts the highway."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/
  dodirivati, graničiti, naslanjati se, primicati se

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  abut /ə'bʌt/ 
  šlieti(s), liesti(s), ribotis (apie pastatą, žemę, on), remtis (on, against)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  abut //əˈbʌt// 
  gränsa till
  to border on

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  abut /ɐbˈʌt/
  1. dayanmak, bitişik olmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈbət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "abut":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 邻接,毗连;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 邻接,毗邻,紧靠,接近

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