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protrude Definition

pro·trude (prō tro̵̅o̅d, prə-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·truded, -·trud·ing

to thrust or jut out; project

Etymology: L protrudere < pro-, forth + trudere, to thrust

protrude Related Forms

pro·trud·ent adjective

protrude Synonyms

protrude

v.

protrude Usage Examples

Object

  • jaw: The animal has a protruding lower jaw with small blunt teeth.
  • lip: The mouth is distinctive with a steeply angled protruding lower lip.
  • tongue: His eyes, wide open, stared in front of him; his teeth were set on his protruding tongue.
  • tooth: Thin lips, small mouth or protruding teeth make kissing less pleasurable.
  • nail: Also make sure there are no protruding nails or screws.
  • stomach: The hands originally would have sat under the protruding stomach.

Preposition: on

side: It pierced both cheeks with 2ft of metal protruding on either side.

Preposition: above

surface: Three heads protrude above the surface of a steaming hot tub.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: Left of the belay block is a large slightly protruding block.
  • still: One giraffe, perhaps ten meters away, had a fruit from a sausage tree still protruding about four inches out of its mouth.
  • not: In dwelling houses without a chimney stack: antennas should not protrude above the highest part of the roof.
  • just: These vessels can range from substantially intact relatively modern craft, to only the keel and ribs just protruding from the mud.
  • only: On arrival they found the vessel upside down with about 4 ' of hull only protruding from the water.

Preposition: in

front: What I did note was that the front door has to open forward and protrudes in front of the vehicle.

Preposition: from

  • wall: Step 4: Attach the hose Slide a jubilee hose clip loosely over the hosepipe protruding from the wall.
  • surface: Countersink screw Type of screw used when a screw which doesn't protrude from the surface of a material is wanted.
  • side: There was a mysterious little device protruding from the side of the box which I quickly deduced was a stage movement.
  • front: Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic.
  • top: Some appear to be towers, with figures protruding from the top.
  • ground: The lock's wall can be seen protruding from the ground on the right of this picture.