Definition of abut | Collins English Dictionary

abut (əˈbʌt)

Word forms: abuts, abutting, abutted

usually foll by on, upon, or against to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end

C15: from Old French abouter to join at the ends, border on; influenced by abuter to touch at an end, buttress

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= adjoin, join, touch, border, neighbour, link to attach to combine with connect with couple with communicate with annex, meet, unite with verge on, impinge, append, affix to

`We could," he answered doubtfully, abut it seems a little dangerous to me.
Hodgman, Ann, My Babysitter has Fangs (1993)
There are other puzzling things abut the prime minister's Kashmir policy.
India Today (2000)
That's why I referred to an informal consensus across Governments abut the way these issues have been handled.
New Zealand Herald (2004)
Millwall's joint-manager Keith Stevens admitted: `It was too late for us to do anything abut the goal.
Sun, News of the World (1999)
Tiny and the giant manta ray While we were collecting on the shore, Tiny rowed abut in the little skiff in slightly deeper water.
Eric Newby, A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)