Protrude

  • 21protrude — pro·trude || prəʊ truːd /prÉ™ v. stick out, project, bulge; cause to stand out, cause to project, cause to bulge …

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  • 22protrude — verb extend beyond or above a surface. ↘(of an animal) cause (a body part) to do this. Origin C17: from L. protrudere, from pro forward, out + trudere to thrust …

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  • 23protrude — I. v. a. 1. Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth. 2. Beetle, jut out, hang over. II. v. n. Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out …

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  • 24protrude — verb (I) to stick out from somewhere: protruding eyes (+ from): A pair of shoes protruded from under the bed …

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  • 25protrude — verb the emergency lever protrudes from the left side Syn: stick out, jut (out), project, extend, stand out, bulge out, poke out, thrust out, cantilever See note at bulge …

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  • 26protrude — v 1. project, extrude, jut or jut out, stick out, poke out; extend, excurve, obtrude, bulge, bilge, protuberate, Anat. protract; swell, swell out or up, distend, belly, bag, balloon, billow; (all usu. in reference to the eyes) pop, goggle, Inf.… …

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  • 27protrude — pro·trude …

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  • 28protrude — [prəˈtruːd] verb [I] to stick out from a surface …

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  • 29protrude — pro•trude [[t]proʊˈtrud, prə [/t]] v. trud•ed, trud•ing 1) to project; jut out 2) to thrust forward; cause to project • Etymology: 1610–20; < L prōtrūdere to thrust forward =prō pro I+trūdere to thrust …

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  • 30protrude — [c]/prəˈtrud / (say pruh troohd) verb (protruded, protruding) –verb (i) 1. to project. –verb (t) 2. to thrust forward; cause to project. {Latin prōtrūdere} –protrudent, adjective –protrusible /prəˈtruzəbəl/ (say pruh troohzuhbuhl), adjective …