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protrude

pro·trude [ prō trd ] (past and past participle pro·trud·ed, present participle pro·trud·ing, 3rd person present singular pro·trudes)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
jut out: to stick out from the surroundings, or make something do this

[Early 17th century. < Latin protrudere "thrust forward" < trudere "thrust"]

pro·trud·a·ble adjective
pro·trud·ent adjective
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