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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary;
- Example: "the jutting limb of a tree"
- Example: "massive projected buttresses"
- Example: "his protruding ribs"
- Example: "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
[syn: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Protruding.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward
   + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
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   1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke.
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   2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from
      confinement; to cause to come forth.
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            When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
                                                  --Thomson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protruding
    adj 1: extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the
           jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses";
           "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over
           the end of his truck" [syn: jutting, projected,
           projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p),
           sticking out(p)]