protrude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.

   With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.

2. 2
   verb

   To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.

   1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell, […] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger:

3. 3
   verb

   To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.

   The old woman's face was wrinkled, her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip, and her eyes were bright and piercing.

4. 4
   verb

   swell or protrude outwards

5. 5
   verb

   bulge outward

6. 6
   verb

   extend out or project in space

7. 7
   verb

   To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.

8. 8
   verb

   To cause (something) to emerge.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).