jut
To stick outTo stick out.
» The balcony juts out over the street.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To stick out.
the jutting part of a building
1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
herausragen, hervorragen
выступа́тьvystupátʹ, вы́ступитьvýstupitʹ, торча́тьtorčátʹ
вистава́тиvystaváty, виступа́тиvystupáty
extend out or project in space
(obsolete)To butt.
1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer
Examples
5 sentencesThe balcony juts out over the street.
Carve it so that the tip will jut out from the wall.
His chin juts out so far you could almost put a place setting on it.
Triangular shapes jut from the building, and a prow dangles over a busy downtown street.
Europe is not really a continent; it juts westward out of Eurasia, the continent, as India juts southward out thereof.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, beFrom Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
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Forms
juts, jutting, jutted, juttedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle