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Definition of protruded - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅trude

[proh-trood, pruh-] verb, -trud⋅ed, -trud⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to project.
–verb (used with object)
2. to thrust forward; cause to project.

Origin:
1610–20; < L prōtrūdere to thrust forward, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + trūdere to thrust


pro⋅trud⋅ent, adjective
pro⋅tru⋅si⋅ble [proh-troo-suh-buhl, -zuh-, pruh-] , pro⋅trud⋅a⋅ble, adjective


1. bulge, swell, belly.
pro·trude   (prō-trōōd')   
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 prōtrūdere : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]
pro·trud'ent (-trōōd'nt) adj.
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