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Verb: protrude  prow'trood [N. Amer], pru'trood [Brit]
  1. Extend out or project in space
    - stick out, jut out, jut, project
     
  2. Bulge outward
    - start, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
     
  3. Swell or protrude outwards
    - bulge, pouch

Derived forms: protruded, protrudes, protruding

See also: protrusible, protrusion, protrusive

Type of: change form, change shape, deform