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Webster 1913 Edition


Protrude

Pro-trude′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Protruded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Protruding
.]
[L.
protrudere
,
protrusum
;
pro
forward +
trudere
to thrust. See
Threat
.]
1.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
Locke.
2.
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
When . . . Spring
protrudes
the bursting gems.
Thomson.

Pro-trude′

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
The parts
protrude
beyond the skin.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Protrude

PROTRU'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. protrudo; pro and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]
1.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along; as food protruded from the stomach into the intestine.
2.
To thrust out, as from confinement. The contents of the abdomen are protruded in hernia.

PROTRU'DE

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot forward; to be thrust forward.
The parts protrude beyond the skin.

Definition 2024


protrude

protrude

English

Verb

protrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)

  1. To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
      Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
  2. To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)
  3. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
    • Thomson
      When [] Spring protrudes the bursting gems.

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Translations


Italian

Verb

protrude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of protrudere

Latin

Verb

prōtrūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōtrūdō