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abuts

UK/əˈbʌts/

abuts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abut.

Meaning of abut

Verb (1)

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); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
    • It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
  2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.

Verb (2)

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

  1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

Phrases with abuts

Words that rhyme with abuts

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Questions about abuts

What is abuts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Abuts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abut.
How do you pronounce abuts?
Abuts is pronounced /əˈbʌts/ (UK).

Words near abuts in the dictionary

  1. abutilon
  2. abutilons
  3. abutiloside
  4. abutment
  5. abutments
  6. abuts
  7. abuts on
  8. abutt
  9. abuttal
  10. abuttaled
  11. abuttaling

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