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verb (used without object)
1.
to project.
verb (used with object)
2.
to thrust forward; cause to project.
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Protruded
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Related forms
pro·trud·ent, adjective
non·pro·trud·ing, adjective
un·pro·trud·ed, adjective
un·pro·trud·ent, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. bulge, swell, belly.
1. bulge, swell, belly.
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Example Sentences
- In one, a black curtain moved ominously forward while heads, hands and feet protruded from it.
- Carpeting, bedspreads, and splinters of furniture protruded from the rubble.
- The iron reinforcements protruded from concrete debris and had already begun to rust.
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Word Origin & History
protrude
1620, "to drive along, thrust forward," from L. protrudere "thrust forward," from pro- "forward" + trudere "to thrust" (see extrusion). Intransitive meaning "stick out" first recorded 1626.
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Medical Dictionary
protrude pro·trude (prō-tr&oomacr;d')
v. pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes
To push or thrust outward.
To jut out; project.
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