Jut
[dʒʌt]
Definition
(v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.
(v. i.) To butt.
(n.) That which projects or juts; a projection.
(n.) A shove; a push.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.
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Definition
v.i. to project:—pr.p. jut′ting; pa.p. jut′ted.—adv. Jut′tingly projectingly.—n. Jut′-win′dow a projecting window.
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Examples
- Above the woods which lined it upon the farther side we could see the red, jutting pinnacles which marked the site of the rich landowner's dwelling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Agustín, fully loaded since the cave, was leaning against a tree, the automatic rifle jutting over the top of his load. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I have said that his Alpine-stock had been left leaning against a rock which jutted on to the path. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Beneath the trees a flat projection of rock jutted out, and formed a species of natural platform. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- All was white, icy, pallid, save for the scoring of black rocks that jutted like roots sometimes, and sometimes were in naked faces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Ryan