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What does abut mean?

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Verb
  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, of an estate, country, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to; to support by an abutment. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
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