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➡️ To stick out 🪨 An outward part
to jut

to jut

19 4.8
To stick out from a surface, as when a balcony hangs over a street
  • verb
  • /dʒʌt/
translation icon : sobresalir
  • The cliff juts out precariously over the crashing waves below.
  • jutting elbows

Examples

  • Rocky ridges surrounded the small camp, boulders jutting high into the cold night air.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Your chin juts out too far.

    The Kremlin Letter (1970)

  • You see that rock that juts out from the face of the mountain?

    David and Bathsheba (1951)

  • Her eyes fall on a cliff jutting out just above the beach.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Phil is behind him at a little desk that juts out from the left wall.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Your ears jut out.

    Murphy's Romance (1985)

  • Outside was a monotonous field of short rice plants, jutting out of a mirror of water.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Major Angus MacDougal saw the downed tree jutting out from the bank at a bend in the river.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I'm perched on wave-rounded cobbles jutting from a cliff high above the Pacific Ocean on San Miguel Island.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Noen U-Loke is a 30-acre mound ringed with five moats jutting 600 feet into the rice fields.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

to stick out
vsto jut
61 3.2

To extend beyond a surface or edge

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
to protrude
vsto jut
31 5.8

To stick out from a surface or edge

is the same general action without extra emphasis on limits
to project
vsto jut
23 4.3

To stick out from a surface

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
to poke out
vsto jut
16 3.5

To stick out from something like a wall or table

is the same simple outward extension without extra implication
sticking out
vsto jut
15 2.9

Coming out past a surface so it can be seen

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
to jut out
vsto jut
9 3.4

To stick out from a surface like a rock or shelf

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
to overhang
vsto jut
7 3.6

To stick out over the edge of something

is a general extension and not specifically limited to edges
projecting
vsto jut
4.2

Sticks out from a surface or edge

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
jutting
vsto jut
4.8

Sticking out from a surface or edge

is the same meaning and use with no notable difference
protruding
vsto jut
4.2

Sticking out from a surface like a nail or branch

is the identical basic extension without any added nuance
to exsert
vsto jut
  • Specialized
9.9

To stick out from something

is a plain outward extension without the forceful pushing aspect
to protuberate
vsto jut
9.9

To stick out from a surface like a bump

is a simple outward extension without the bulging or swelling quality

Antonyms

to recede
29 4.8

To move back or become less strong

Phrasal Verbs

to jut out
9 3.4

To stick out from a surface like a rock or shelf

How Far

to overhang
7 3.6
to protrude
31 5.8
to jut
19 4.8
to stick out
61 3.2
to poke out
16 3.5

Surface Forms

jut infinitive
jutted past
jutted past participle
jutting present participle
juts third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the verb jut is to think of 'thrust' or 'stick out'; to jut is simply to extend or 'stick out' beyond the main line, like a balcony that juts over the street.