PROTRUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protrude mean? 

• PROTRUDE (verb)
  The verb PROTRUDE has 3 senses:

1. extend out or project in space

2. bulge outward

3. swell or protrude outwards

  Familiarity information: PROTRUDE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTRUDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they protrude    ... he / she / it protrudes   
Past simple: protruded   
Past participle: protruded   
-ing form: protruding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extend out or project in space

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out

Context example:

A single rock sticks out from the cliff

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "protrude"):

overhang (project over)

push up; thrust (push upward)

spear; spear up (thrust up like a spear)

bag; bulge (bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge)

cantilever (project as a cantilever)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

protrusible (capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue)

protrusion (the act of projecting out from something)

protrusive (thrusting outward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bulge outward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bug out; bulge; bulge out; come out; pop; pop out; protrude; start

Context example:

His eyes popped

Hypernyms (to "protrude" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

protrusible (capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue)

protrusion (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

protrusive (thrusting outward)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Swell or protrude outwards

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bulge; pouch; protrude

Context example:

His stomach bulged after the huge meal

Hypernyms (to "protrude" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "protrude"):

bulk (stick out or up)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

protrusible (capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue)

protrusion (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

protrusive (thrusting outward)

 Context examples 

I was reclining in a cane-backed chair at the moment, and my protruded feet had attracted his ever-active attention.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His face was swollen and coarse, and his watery protruding eyes spoke of a life which never wandered very far from the wine-pot.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was lying on his side, dead where he had dragged himself, an arrow protruding, head and feathers, from either side of his body.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

A polypoid adenoma that arises from and protrudes into the lumen of the colon.

(Colon Adenomatous Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“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.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A small protruding portion of tissue.

(Papilla, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign nodular lesion protruding above the surface of the endometrium.

(Endometrial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A polypoid lesion that arises from the colon and protrudes into the lumen.

(Colon polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A polypoid tumor that arises from any part of the gastrointestinal tract and protrudes into the lumen.

(Gastrointestinal Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)