To protrude is defined as to stick out.
(verb)An example of to protrude is what a nose does from a face.
See protrude in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb protruded, protruding
Origin: L protrudere < pro-, forth + trudere, to thrust
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See protrude in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin prōtrūdere
Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-1
Origin: + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots
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