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To protrude is defined as to stick out.

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An example of to protrude is what a nose does from a face.

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transitive verb, intransitive verb protruded, protruding

to thrust or jut out; project

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

Related Forms:

protrudent adjective

See protrude in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes

verb, transitive

To push or thrust outward.

verb, intransitive

To jut out; project. See Synonyms at bulge.

Origin:

Origin: Latin prōtrūdere

Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-¹

Origin: + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

pro·trudˈent (-tro͞odˈnt) adjective

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