Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To extend or jut out; project. synonym: bulge.
- intransitive verb To push or thrust outward.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thrust forward or onward; drive or force along.
- To shoot or thrust forth; project; cause to project; thrust out as from confinement; cause to come forth: as, a snail protrudes its horns.
- To shoot forward; be thrust forward; project beyond something.
- Synonyms To project, jut (out), bulge (out).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
- transitive verb To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
- intransitive verb To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
extend from, above or beyond asurface orboundary ; tobulge outward; tostick out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb swell or protrude outwards
- verb extend out or project in space
- verb bulge outward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The two little balls that protrude from the top of her head peek out coquettishly from her coiffure.
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The LaserMax fits right inside the weapon, so it doesn't have to protrude from the weapon as the Crimson Trace does.
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The two little balls that protrude from the top of her head peek out coquettishly from her coiffure.
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The LaserMax fits right inside the weapon, so it doesn't have to protrude from the weapon as the Crimson Trace does.
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Any packaging that trapped enough air to protrude from the water seemed to obey the wind currents, which in these latitudes are easterly.
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Shattered brick structures and concrete foundations protrude from the forest floor.
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Shattered brick structures and concrete foundations protrude from the forest floor.
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A .1 mm sheet of piezoelectric ceramic is cut and molded so hundreds of tiny bridges on legs protrude from the surface.
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They do not stand as tall or protrude from the body as far as external frames, which catch on branches and brush.
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If a child had been guilty of any erratic performances during the year, which was often my case, a long stick would protrude from the stocking; if particularly good, an illustrated catechism or the New Testament would appear, showing that the St. Nicholas of that time held decided views on discipline and ethics.
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