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Jutting

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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.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jutting - the act of projecting out from something
jut, protrusion, projection
change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something
Adj.1.jutting - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out, relieved
protrusive - thrusting outward


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Any one possessing a mile or two of secluded seaboard, cut off on the land side by precipitous approaches, and including a sheltered river mouth ingeniously hidden by nature, in the form of a jutting wall of rock, from the sea, might have made as good use of these natural opportunities as the nobleman in question, had they only been as wise and as rich.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
1-16) I will tell of Dionysus, the son of glorious Semele, how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea, seeming like a stripling in the first flush of manhood: his rich, dark hair was waving about him, and on his strong shoulders he wore a purple robe.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
At the salient of that second angle was a large flat rock, jutting out northward, overlooking the deep valley from which the road ascended.
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