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verb

1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary (Freq. 2)
- Canada adjoins the U.S.
- England marches with Scotland
• Syn:
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march,
butt, butt on
• Derivationally related forms:
butt (for: butt), march (for: march), abutment (for: abut), abutter (for: abut), edge (for: edge), edging (for: edge), border (for: border)
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
neighbor, neighbour
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. collide violently with an obstacle
- I ran into the telephone pole
• Syn:
run into, bump into, jar against, knock against
• Hypernyms:
hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something