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butt against

/ butt against /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
collide violently with an obstacle
"I ran into the telephone pole"
Type of:
hit strike impinge on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
"Canada adjoins the U.S."
"England marches with Scotland"
Type of:
touch adjoin meet
Kinds of:
neighbor neighbour
Derived:
butt joint butt borderland border district march
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
32%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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hit strike impinge on touch adjoin meet neighbor neighbour