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BUTT AGAINST
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collide violently with an obstacle
Example:
I ran into the telephone pole
Synonyms:
bump into; butt against; jar against; knock against; run into
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example:
England marches with Scotland
Synonyms:
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
