protrude.
To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
Meaning & usage
To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
To cause (something) to emerge.
To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.
To emerge with some speed; to shoot out.
Where this word comes from
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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