Protrude
[prə'truːd] or [pro'trud]
Definition
(v. t.) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
(v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
(v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
Editor: Will
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.[2]. Beetle, jut out, hang over.
v. n. Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.
Editor: Miriam
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Extend, project, abut, jut, demonstrate, expose, bulge, thrust_forward
ANT:Recede, retract, adduce, repress, suppress, conceal
Edited by Babbage
Definition
v.t. to thrust or push forward: to drive along: to put out.—v.i. to be thrust forward or beyond the usual limit.—adjs. Protrud′able Protru′sile protractile; Protru′sible able to be protruded.—n. Protru′sion the act of thrusting forward or beyond the usual limit: the state of being protruded: that which protrudes.—adj. Protru′sive thrusting or impelling forward: protruding.—adv. Protru′sively.—n. Protru′siveness.
Inputed by Barnard
Examples
- If you stare at a checkerboard you can see it as black on red, or red on black, as series of horizontal, vertical or diagonal steps which recede or protrude. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The blacks, their eyes protruding in horror, watched spellbound. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He pulled the blanket coat over his head, the roundness of his head protruding now from the dirty yellow folds of the blanket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As he did so I staggered back clasping the sword tightly with my arm and thus fell to the ground with his weapon apparently protruding from my chest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- All wore strange protruding girdles of dried grass about their hips and many were loaded with brass and copper anklets, armlets and bracelets. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Both of them were blue-lipped and insensible, with swollen, congested faces and protruding eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When you see a man with whiskers of that cut and the 'Pink 'un' protruding out of his pocket, you can always draw him by a bet, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was deadly pale and terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit was greater than his strength. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Boultby heard and deliberated with bent brow and protruded under lip. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From the niche a single object protruded into the light from the candles on the table. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On their backs were oval shields, in their noses huge rings, while from the kinky wool of their heads protruded tufts of gay feathers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For a minute or more the hand, with its writhing fingers, protruded out of the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was clad only in his long night-dress, and his swollen ankles and ungainly feet protruded starkly from beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Marie