protrude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To stick out beyond a surface or edge.

   A single nail protruded from the old wooden plank.

2. 2
   verb

   To push or cause something to stick out.

   The turtle protruded its head from its shell to look around.

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”)).

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