| VERB | contact | butt against, border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
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| contact | butt against, run into, bump into, jar against, knock against | collide violently with an obstacle |
| Meaning | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt on | |
| Narrower | neighbor, neighbour | Be located near or adjacent to |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | bordear, colindar, lindar | |
| Catalan | bordejar, limitar, vorellar, voretar | |
| Meaning | collide violently with an obstacle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | run into, bump into, jar against, knock against | |
| Broader | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against |
| See also | butt | to strike, thrust or shove against |
| Spanish | chocar, colisionar, golpearse contra, topar | |
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