butt-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: to border, to be positioned end to end

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1 BUTT NP2 NP1 BUTT PP Includes: butt on, butt against, butt up, butt up against
NOTE: this is the intransitive sense.

Examples:
The property butts Escanaba Paper land.
My lawn butts Charles Street.
The land marches with the plaintiff's land, butts and bounds on it.
The Fairmont property butts against the TPC Scottsdale course.
Our shabby lawn butts up to his!
A private lawn butts up against a runway safety area.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_against 1
butt_on 1

Sense Number 2: strike or hit against

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] BUTT NP2[patient] NP1[agent] BUTT NP2[instrument] PP {against NP[patient]} Includes: butt against
NOTE: transitive or ditransitive striking sense.

Examples:
He butted her with such force that over she went!
He butted her and stamped his hooves whenever she came near him.
He butt his head against the carport.
He had to butt his hard head against many brick walls.
She would butt her head against yours.

Mappings:
VerbNet: bump-18.4-1, hit-18.1-1
FrameNet: Cause_harm
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_against 2

Sense Number 3: place end to end without overlap

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] BUTT NP2[theme] NP1[agent] BUTT NP2[theme 1] PP {NP[theme 2]}
NOTE: this sense seems to be restricted to the domain of wood-working.

Examples:
Butt the frame pieces together as shown in the Elevation Drawing.
I can butt the frame right up to the hearth.
So, either butt the frame to the CMU, or separate the frame from the wall.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: interfere in others' affairs

Commentary: Synax includes: NP1[agent] BUTT_IN NP1[agent] BUTT_IN PP {on NP[patient]} Is: butt in

Examples:
She seems concerned, but she never butts in.
Mom is always butting in on our conversations.
Allentown man butts in on judge at sentencing.
Kathie Lee Butts in on Zac Efron's Today Show Interview.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: butt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
butt_in 1

Sense Number 5: remove one's self from others' affairs

Commentary: Syntax includes: NP1[agent] BUTT_OUT NP1[agent] BUTT_OUT PP {of NP[patient]} Is: butt out

Examples:
She really needs to butt out.
I told my mom to butt out!
I wish they would butt out of our national conversation.
The city should butt out of Wal-Mart's biz.
Congress should butt out on steroids.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM