protrude Definition
pro·trude (prō tro̵̅o̅d′, prə-)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·trud′ed, -·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.
Browse dictionary entries near protrude
- ‹ protreptic
- ‹ protractor
- ‹ protractile
- ‹ protract
- ‹ protozoology
- ‹ protozoan
- ‹ protoxylem
- ‹ protoxide
- ‹ prototype
- ‹ prototrophic
- protrusile ›
- protrusion ›
- protrusive ›
- protuberance ›
- protuberant ›
- protuberate ›
- proud ›
- proud flesh ›
- Proudhon ›
- proudly ›

