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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr &
vb n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere protrusum pro forward
+ trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.]
1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along --Locke.
2. To thrust out as through a narrow orifice or from
confinement; to cause to come forth.
When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
--Thomson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
protruding
adj : extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the
jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected
buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards
sticking over the end of his truck" [syn: {jutting}, {projected},
{projecting}, {sticking(p)}, {sticking out(p)}]
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