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protrude


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Protrude  \Pro*trude"\,  v.  i. 
  To  shoot  out  or  forth;  to  be  thrust  forward;  to  extend  beyond 
  a  limit;  to  project. 
 
  The  parts  protrude  beyond  the  skin.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  protrude 
  v  1:  jut  out  or  project  in  space  [syn:  {stick  out},  {jut  out},  {project}] 
  2:  bulge  outward;  "His  eyes  popped"  [syn:  {pop},  {pop  out},  {bulge}, 
  {bulge  out},  {bug  out},  {come  out}] 
  3:  swell  or  protrude  outwards;  "His  eyes  bulged  with  surprise" 
  [syn:  {bulge},  {pouch}] 




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