Definition of Protrudes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of protrude) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protrudes

1. protrude [v] - See also: protrude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protrudes

protractive
protractor
protractors
protracts
protrade
protreptic
protreptical
protreptics
protriptyline
protropin
protruberance
protruberances
protrudable
protrude
protruded
protrudes (current term)
protrudeth
protrudin
protruding
protrusibility
protrusible
protrusile
protrusion
protrusions
protrusive
protrusively
protrusiveness
protuberance
protuberances
protuberancies

Literary usage of Protrudes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... about six inches long, consists of about six layers of thin wire, and encloses as a core a knitting needle which protrudes about two inches at each end. ..."

2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"They gather the hair to the front, where it protrudes from the forehead in a large knot secured by a bodkin. Round the head a band of small brass or copper ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"sitare of the fabulous early history which it is a proud and pleasin;; bsk for savages to frame, and which generally protrudes itself into the knowledge ..."

4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"share of the fabulous early history which it is a proud and pleasing task for savages to frame, and which generally protrudes itself into the knowledge ..."

5. The Vandal of Europe: An Exposé of the Inner Workings of Germany's Policy of by Wilhelm Muehlon (1918)
"Physicians have told me that even bullets whose use is permissible may produce very complicated wounds, as the lead very frequently protrudes from the thin ..."

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