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Definition of Protrude

1. Verb. Extend out or project in space. "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

2. Verb. Bulge outward. "His eyes popped"

3. Verb. Swell or protrude outwards. "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

Definition of Protrude

1. v. t. To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

2. v. i. To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.

Definition of Protrude

1. Verb. To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protrude

1. to extend beyond the main portion [v -TRUDED, -TRUDING, -TRUDES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protrude

protraction protractions protractive protractor protractors protracts protrade protreptic protreptical protreptics

protriptyline protropin protruberance protruberances protrudable protrude (current term) protruded protrudes protrudeth protrudin

protruding protrusibility protrusible protrusile protrusion protrusions protrusive protrusively protrusiveness protuberance

Literary usage of Protrude

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

1. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"... which does not protrude into the opening. This will return the hernia and keep : it in place, while not preventing closure of; the opening. ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1866)
"... right side of the tumour, and helped to bind its edge, but permitted the bulging portion oil the same side to protrude between its inner border and that ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"senger allows his hands or arm to protrude out of a window beyond the outer surface of the car, it is held to be negligence per se, which prevents a ..."

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