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jut

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jut  (jt)
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).
v.tr.
To cause to jut. See Synonyms at bulge.
n.
Something that protrudes; a projection.

[Middle English jutten, from gete, iutei, jetty, projecting upper story, from Old French jetee; see jetty1.]

jut [dʒʌt]
vb juts, jutting, jutted
(intr; often foll by out) to stick out or overhang beyond the surface or main part; protrude or project
n
something that juts out
[variant of jet1]
jutting  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jutjut - 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"
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
nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance
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
Verb1.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"
spear up, spear - thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
bulge, bag - bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
cantilever - project as a cantilever

jut
verb stick out, project, extend, protrude, poke, bulge, overhang, impend The northern end of the island juts out.
Translations
jut [dʒʌt] VI (also jut out) → sobresalir

jut [ˈdʒʌt] vi (also jut out) → dépasser, faire saillie

jut
vi (also jut out)hervorstehen, hervorragen, herausragen; (chin, jaw)vorspringen; he saw a gun jutting (out) from behind the waller sah ein Gewehr hinter der Mauer (her)vorragen; the peninsula juts out into the seadie Halbinsel ragt ins Meer hinaus; to jut out over the streetüber die Straße vorstehen or hinausragen
vt to jut one’s chin/jaw forwardsein Kinn/seinen Kiefer vorstrecken

jut [dʒʌt] vi (also jut out) → sporgere
a cliff jutting out over the sea → una scogliera a strapiombo sul mare
jut [dʒʌt] vi (also jut out) → sporgere
a cliff jutting out over the sea → una scogliera a strapiombo sul mare

jut
v jut [dʒat]
(usually without) to stick out or project His top teeth jut out. uitsteek; ongeërg يَبْرُز، يَنْتُؤ إلى الخارِج стърча vyčnívat rage herausragen προεξέχω sobresalir välja ulatuma برجستگی داشتن؛ بیرون زدن törröttää faire saillie בְּלִיטָה बाहर को निकलना stršiti kiáll mencuat skaga fram (essere sporgente) 突き出る 튀어나오다 išsikišti izspiesties uz āru jongang uitsteken stikke ut, rage fram sterczeć sobressair a ieşi în afară выдаваться vyčnievať, vystupovať štrleti štrčati skjuta ut, sticka fram ยื่นออกมา çıkıntı yapmak, dışarı fırlamak 突出 виступати, стирчати ابھار یا نوک کی صورت میں آگے کی طرف نکلا یا بڑھا ہوا ہونا lòi ra


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He was long and desperately thin; his huge bones seemed to protrude from his body; his elbows were so sharp that they appeared to jut out through the arms of his shabby coat.
There is no space between the wall and the first circle of buildings; no, the village wall is itself the rear wall of the first circle of buildings, a nd the roofs jut a little over the wall a nd thus furnish it with eaves.
Neither he nor any one else can come here to do us Phaeacians any harm, for we are dear to the gods, and live apart on a land's end that juts into the sounding sea, and have nothing to do with any other people.
 
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