Protrude

  • 11protrude — verb Protrude is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑knife, ↑lip, ↑stomach, ↑wire …

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  • 12protrude — pro|trude [prəˈtru:d US prou ] v [i]written [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: protrudere, from trudere to push ] to stick out from somewhere protrude from ▪ The envelope was protruding from her bag …

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  • 13protrude — verb (protruded; protruding) Etymology: Latin protrudere, from pro + trudere to thrust more at threat Date: 1620 transitive verb 1. archaic to thrust forward 2. to cause to project intransitive verb to jut out from the surround …

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  • 14protrude — protrudent, adj. protrusible /proh trooh seuh beuhl, zeuh , preuh /, protrudable, adj. /proh troohd , preuh /, v., protruded, protruding. v.i. 1. to project. v.t. 2. to thrust forward; cause to project. [1610 20; < L protrudere to thrust forward …

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  • 15protrude — verb To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out. Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized&#8230; …

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  • 16protrude — To thrust forward or project. * * * pro·trude prō trüd vb, pro·trud·ed; pro·trud·ing vt to cause to project &LT;the mentalis raises and protrudes the lower lip (Gray s Anatomy)&GT; vi to jut out from the surrounding surface …

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  • 17protrude — Synonyms and related words: arise, bail out, balloon, beetle, belly out, break cover, break forth, bristle up, bulge, burst forth, cock up, come, come forth, come out, debouch, disembogue, effuse, emanate, emerge, erupt, extend, extrude, goggle,&#8230; …

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  • 18protrude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jut, bulge, extend, project. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. come through, stick out, jut out, swell, point, obtrude, project, extrude, stick up, distend, pop out*. III (Roget s 3&#8230; …

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  • 19protrude — pro|trude [ prə trud ] verb intransitive to be further forward than the rest of something …

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  • 20protrude — [[t]prətru͟ːd, AM proʊ [/t]] protrudes, protruding, protruded VERB If something protrudes from somewhere, it sticks out. [FORMAL] [V prep] ...a huge round mass of smooth rock protruding from the water... The tip of her tongue was protruding&#8230; …

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