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abutted

abutted is the simple past and past participle 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 abutted

Questions about abutted

What is abutted the simple past and past participle of?
Abutted is the simple past and past participle of abut.

Words near abutted in the dictionary

  1. abuttaled
  2. abuttaling
  3. abuttalled
  4. abuttalling
  5. abuttals
  6. abutted
  7. abutted on
  8. abutter
  9. abutters
  10. abutteth
  11. abutting

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