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protrude

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pro·trude  (pr-trd)
v. pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes
v.tr.
To push or thrust outward.
v.intr.
To jut out; project. See Synonyms at bulge.

[Latin prtrdere : pr-, forward; see pro-1 + trdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

pro·trudent (-trdnt) adj.

protrude [prəˈtruːd]
vb
1. to thrust or cause to thrust forwards or outwards
2. to project or cause to project from or as if from a surface
[from Latin, from pro-2 + trudere to thrust]
protrudable  adj
protrudent  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.protrude - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
overhang - project over
push up, thrust - push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
spear up, spear - thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
bulge, bag - bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
cantilever - project as a cantilever
2.protrude - bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
3.protrude - swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
bulk - stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack"

protrude
verb stick out, start (from), point, project, pop (of eyes), extend, come through, stand out, bulge, shoot out, jut, stick out like a sore thumb, obtrude A huge round mass of rock protruded from the water.
Translations
protrude [prəˈtruːd]
A. VIsalir, sobresalir
B. VTsacar fuera

protrude [prəˈtruːd] vidépasser

protrude
vi (→ aus) → vorstehen; (ears)abstehen; (eyes)vortreten
vthervorstrecken, herausstrecken

protrude [prəˈtruːd] visporgere

protrude
v protrude [prəˈtruːd, (American ) prou-]
to stick out; to project His teeth protrude. uitsteek يَنتُؤ، يَبْرُز издавам (се) čouhat stikke frem hervorstehen προεξέχω sobresalir, salir välja ulatuma بیرون زدن työntyä esiin faire saillie, avancer לִבלוֹט बाहर निकला हुआ होना या निकालना kiáll menonjol standa út, skaga fram sporgere (in fuori) 突き出す 돌출하다 iš(si)kišti, kyšoti izvirzīties uz āru terjulur uitsteken stikke fram/ut wystawać sobressair a ieşi/a scoate (în afară) торчать; выдаваться vystupovať, vyčnievať štrleti štrčati sticka (skjuta) fram (ut), stå ut ยื่นออกมา dışarı fırla(t)mak 伸出,突出 випинатися, стирчати باہر کو نکلنا thò ra


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It made his great nose protrude more arrogantly; it emphasized his cheekbones; it made his eyes seem larger.
He was long and desperately thin; his huge bones seemed to protrude from his body; his elbows were so sharp that they appeared to jut out through the arms of his shabby coat.
Once my right foot slipped on the side toward the precipice, but I threw out my left arm in a moment so that it caught the icy edge under my armpit as I fell, and supported me considerably; at the same instant I cast my eyes down the side on which I had slipped, and contrived to plant my right foot on a piece of rock as large as a cricket-ball, which chanced to protrude through the ice, on the very edge of the precipice.
 
 
 
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