Meaning of JUT
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- [n] the act of projecting out from something
- [n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
- [v] extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock stick out from the cliff"
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| | Synonyms: | | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut out, jutting, project, projection, prominence, protrude, protrusion, protrusion, protuberance, stick out |
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| | See Also: | | bag, belly, bulge, cantilever, caput, change of shape, frontal eminence, nub, occipital protuberance, overhang, projection, push up, spear, spear up, thrust, wart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Jut\ (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jutted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Jutting}.] [A corruption of jet.]
1. To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body;
as, the jutting part of a building. ``In jutting rock and
curved shore.'' --Wordsworth.
It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
--Sir T.
Browne.
2. To butt. [Obs.] ``The jutting steer.'' --Mason.
\Jut\, n.
1. That which projects or juts; a projection.
2. A shove; a push. [Obs.] --Udall.
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| | Related Terms: | | arch over, beetle, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, bristle up, bulge, cock up, elongate, extend, extend over, extrude, hang out, hang over, imbricate, impend, impend over, jut out, lap, lap over, lean over, lengthen, lie over, overarch, overhang, overlap, overlie, override, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, shingle, shoot out, shoot up, span, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, thrust over |
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