Protrude

Origin

From Latin prōtrūdō, prōtrūdere.

Full definition of protrude

Verb

1. To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|5Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
2. To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
3. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
• ThomsonWhen ... Spring protrudes the bursting gems.

Derived terms

• protrudable
• protrudent
• protrusible
• protrusion