Meaning of PROTRUDE
| Pronunciation: | | prow'trood
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- [v] swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
- [v] bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
- [v] extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock stick out from the cliff"
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| | Synonyms: | | bug out, bulge, bulge, bulge out, come out, jut, jut out, pop, pop out, pouch, project, stick out |
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| | See Also: | | bag, bulge, bulk, cantilever, change form, change form, change shape, change shape, deform, deform, overhang, push up, spear, spear up, thrust | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward
+ trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.]
1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke.
2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from
confinement; to cause to come forth.
When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
--Thomson.
\Pro*trude"\, v. i.
To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond
a limit; to project.
The parts protrude beyond the skin. --Bacon.
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