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Verb protrudes, protruding, protruded
protrude - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
		stick out, jut out, jut, project
		overhang be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
		push up, thrust push upward
		spear up, spear pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
		bulge, bag cause to bulge or swell outwards
		cantilever construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
protrude - swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
		bulge, pouch
		change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form
		bulk stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack"
protrude - bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
		start, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
		change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form

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protrude (Verb)
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out .

protrude (v. t.)
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
protrude (v. t.)
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
protrude (v. i.)
To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.

protrude
prō-trōōd′, v.t. to thrust or push forward: to drive along: to put out.—v.i. to be thrust forward or beyond the usual limit.—adjs. Protrud′able, Protru′sile, protractile; Protru′sible, able to be protruded.—n. Protru′sion, the act of thrusting forward or beyond the usual limit: the state of being protruded: that which protrudes.—adj. Protru′sive, thrusting or impelling forward: protruding.—adv. Protru′sively.—n. Protru′siveness. [L. protrudĕre—pro, forward, trudĕre, to thrust.]