Definition of Protuberate

1. Verb. Cause to bulge out or project.

Derivative terms: Protuberance, Protuberant

2. Verb. Form a rounded prominence. "The starved child's belly protuberated"
Generic synonyms: Bag, Bulge
Derivative terms: Protuberance, Protuberant

Definition of Protuberate

1. v. i. To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.

Definition of Protuberate

1. Verb. (intransitive) To bulge outward, producing a rounded protuberance. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive rare) To cause to bulge outward. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protuberate

protruding
protrusibility
protrusible
protrusile
protrusion
protrusions
protrusive
protrusively
protrusiveness
protuberance
protuberances
protuberancies
protuberancy
protuberant
protuberantly
protuberate (current term)
protuberation
protuberations
protuberous
proturan
proturans
protyl
protyle
protyles
protyls
proud as a peacock
proud flesh
proud of(p)
prouder

Literary usage of Protuberate

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

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Bulge, protuberate, swell out. 9. Glow, expand, warm, thrill, heave, throb, grow big. 8. Be puffed, be bloated, become irate- 11. Become larger, grow upon ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Bulge, protuberate, s\v ¡11 out. 8. Be puffed, be bloated, become irate 9. ... Swell Ont. Bulge, protuberate. Swelter, vn Be oppressed with heat, ..."

3. A Dictionary: English and Burmese by Adoniram Judson (1849)
"Bud, ». i. to protuberate before putting forth a leaf or flower, ... to protuberate for a flower, vt to inoculate a plant, Bud, n. — of a leaf or flower, ..."

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