BUTT AGAINST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butt against mean? 

• BUTT AGAINST (verb)
  The verb BUTT AGAINST has 2 senses:

1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

2. collide violently with an obstacle

  Familiarity information: BUTT AGAINST used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTT AGAINST (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march

Context example:

England marches with Scotland

Hypernyms (to "butt against" is one way to...):

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "butt against"):

neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Collide violently with an obstacle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bump into; butt against; jar against; knock against; run into

Context example:

I ran into the telephone pole

Hypernyms (to "butt against" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something