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View synonyms for protrude
protrude
/ prəˈtruːd /
verb
- to thrust or cause to thrust forwards or outwards
- to project or cause to project from or as if from a surface
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Derived Forms
- proˈtrudable, adjective
- proˈtrudent, adjective
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Other Words From
- pro·trud·ent adjective
- pro·tru·si·ble [proh-, troo, -s, uh, -b, uh, l, -z, uh, -, pr, uh, -], pro·trud·a·ble adjective
- un·pro·trud·ed adjective
- un·pro·trud·ent adjective
- un·pro·tru·si·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of protrude1
C17: from Latin, from pro- ² + trudere to thrust
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Example Sentences
A tree appeared to protrude near the cockpit.
From Los Angeles Times
Their backs are also mirrored, and hefty steel counterweights are holding up the semicircular tubes that protrude out front.
From Los Angeles Times
Importantly, it was able to reveal the features where many synapses dwell: the spines that protrude along the vine-like processes, or dendrites, that grow out of the neuron cell body.
From Science Daily
The CARs can recognize specific proteins, known as antigens, that protrude from cancer cells.
From Science Daily
Twisted gray beams protrude in crooked positions.
From New York Times
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