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Verb: protuberate  prow't(y)oo-bu`reyt [N. Amer], pru't(y)oo-bu`reyt [Brit]
  1. Cause to bulge out or project
     
  2. Form a rounded prominence
    "The starved child's belly protuberated"

Derived forms: protuberated, protuberates, protuberating

See also: protuberance, protuberant

Type of: bag, bulge

Nearest

protriptyline
Protropin
protrude
protruding
protrusible
protrusile
protrusion
protrusive
protuberance
protuberant
protuberate
Protura
proturan
proud
proud flesh
proud of
Proudhon
proudly
Proust
Proustian
proustite