abut

To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)intransitive

• It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
• His land abuts on the road.

To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.transitive

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To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.intransitive