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jut
(jŭt)v. jut·ted, jut·ting, juts
v.intr.
To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project: "He had a sharp crooked nose jutting out of a lean dancer's face" (Graham Greene). See Synonyms at bulge.
v.tr.
To cause to jut.
n.
1. The act or condition of jutting: a pronounced jut of the chin.
2. Something that protrudes; a projection: "a jut of untrimmed mustache" (William Faulkner).
[Middle English jutten, from gete, iutei, jetty, projecting upper story, from Old French jetee; see jetty1.]
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jut
(dʒʌt)vb, juts, jutting or jutted
(often foll by: out) to stick out or overhang beyond the surface or main part; protrude or project
n
something that juts out
[C16: variant of jet1]
ˈjutting adj
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jut
(dʒʌt)v. jut•ted, jut•ting,
n. v.i., v.t.
1. to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude: a strip of land jutting out into the bay.
n. 2. something that juts out; a projecting or protruding point.
[1555–65; variant of jet1]
jut′ting•ly, adv.
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jut
Past participle: jutted
Gerund: jutting
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| Noun | 1. |  jut - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| 2. | jut - the act of projecting out from something change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something | |
| Verb | 1. | jut - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" overhang - project over push up, thrust - push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" cantilever - project as a cantilever |
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jut
verb stick out, project, extend, protrude, poke, bulge, overhang, impend The northern end of the island juts out.
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jut
verbnoun
A part that protrudes or extends outward:
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jut
(dʒat) – past tense, past participle ˈjutted – verb (usually with out) to stick out or project. His top teeth jut out.sobresalir
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