protrude

Etymology

From Latin prōtrūdō, prōtrūdere.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
    On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. […] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe. 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49
  2. (transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
    Before me soared the great promontory of PENMAEN MAWR, protruding itself into the sea […] 1781, Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Wales, volume 2, London, page 303
    1. (transitive) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
    1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell, […] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger:
    1655, Hamon L’Estrange, The Reign of King Charles, London: Edward Dod and Henry Seile, p. 169, For in case of general disturbance, nothing is more familiar then for several Factions, of several, and sometimes of contrary inclinations and interests, to protrude and drive on one and the same design, to several intents and purposes.

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