protrude
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to thrust or cause to thrust forwards or outwards
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to project or cause to project from or as if from a surface
Other Word Forms
- protrudable adjective
- protrudent adjective
- protrusible adjective
- unprotruded adjective
- unprotrudent adjective
- unprotrusible adjective
Etymology
Origin of protrude
First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin prōtrūdere “to thrust forward,” equivalent to prō- pro- 1 + trūdere “to thrust”
Example Sentences
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She fiddled with her white headscarf, dimples creasing and front teeth protruding as she giggled and launched seamlessly back into song, arms upheld, motioning us to join in.
From Literature
Gelifen couldn’t yet fly alongside her, so she tucked him into her jumper, his beaked face protruding from the blue wool at the top.
From Literature
Ornamental bay windows protrude from the sooty brick exterior that I estimate to be seventeenth century.
From Literature
There’s colored contacts and facial prosthetics, a protruding belly and at least an hour of makeup.
From Los Angeles Times
As a result, it remains a ruin—a mostly standing skeleton with steel rebar protruding from mangled concrete walls.
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