protrude

[proh-trood, pruh-]

verb (used without object)

protruded, protruding 

1. to project.

   Synonyms: belly, swell, bulge

verb (used with object)

protruded, protruding 

1. to thrust forward; cause to project.

protrude

/ prəˈtruːd /

verb

1. to thrust or cause to thrust forwards or outwards

2. to project or cause to project from or as if from a surface

Other Word Forms

• protrudent adjective
• protrusible adjective
• protrudable adjective
• unprotruded adjective
• unprotrudent adjective
• unprotrusible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of protrude¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin prōtrūdere “to thrust forward,” equivalent to prō- pro- ¹ + trūdere “to thrust”

Word History and Origins

Origin of protrude¹

C17: from Latin, from _pro- ² + trudere to thrust

Example Sentences

In a canyon overlooking Paradise Cove, melted steel beams protrude from a concrete foundation that survived Woolsey.

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Metal rods protrude from the white and pink gauze wrapped around his right leg, where he was shot.

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A 2-year-old wild donkey stumbled alongside her herd in Riverside County — a bright blue arrow protruding from her right side.

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After weeks of the world seeing images of starving children, with distended stomachs and protruding bones, many will feel like the signs that a famine was imminent were a long time coming.

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The other banned advert was for a shirt and the model was said to be in a position that made "protruding" collarbones a "focal feature" of the advert.

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Related Words

• bulge 
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• stick out