<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to be adjacent to; border on; end at.</li><li>to support by an abutment.</li></ul>