PROTRUDE
Dictionary entry overview: What does protrude mean?
• PROTRUDE (verb)
The verb PROTRUDE has 3 senses:
1. extend out or project in space
2. bulge outward
3. swell or protrude outwards
Familiarity information: PROTRUDE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PROTRUDE (verb)
Meaning:
Extend out or project in space
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
jut; jut out; protrude; stick out; project
Context examples:
His sharp nose jutted out / A single rock sticks out from the cliff
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "protrude"):
overhang (project over)
push up; thrust (push upward)
spear; spear up (thrust up like a spear)
bag; bulge (bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge)
cantilever (project as a cantilever)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Bulge outward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bug out; bulge out; pop; protrude; pop out; bulge; come out; start
Context example:
His eyes popped
Hypernyms (to "protrude" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Swell or protrude outwards
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bulge; pouch; protrude
Context example:
His stomach bulged after the huge meal
Hypernyms (to "protrude" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "protrude"):
bulk (stick out or up)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
