butt against
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Canada adjoins the U.S.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- butt joint derivation
- edging derivation
- border derivation
- borderland derivation
- edge derivation
- abutment derivation
- abutter derivation
- bound derivation
Sense 2 verb
collide violently with an obstacle
I ran into the telephone pole
Types & categories
- impinge on hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt joint |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | edging |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | borderland |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neighbor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | impinge on |