protruded; protruding
: to jut out from the surrounding surface or context
a handkerchief protruding from his breast pocket
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Since trudere means "to thrust" in Latin, protrude means basically "to thrust forward". If your neighbors' patio protrudes over your property boundary, you may want to discuss it with them. A protruding disc in your spine may have to be operated on sooner or later; superficial protrusions, such as corns or bunions, tend to be less serious than more deeply rooted ones.
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His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
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However, a closer look at the footage revealed that the insects never touched the spider webs with their protruding front legs.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The image, showing two bare feet protruding from a gap between rocks, was impossible to escape on the internet this week.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
Surgery is needed if there are symptoms or if the protruding intestine becomes cut off from the blood supply (known as strangulation).4
Umbilical Granuloma
An umbilical granuloma is a common growth that infants develop after the umbilical stump falls off.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Warmer, drier conditions are changing autumn in Arizona The future of the aspens at risk
Beneath the towering white trunks of the aspens, Stoddard looks to the thin plants protruding from the ground for clues to the fate of the peaks’ forest.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The image, showing two bare feet protruding from a gap between rocks, was impossible to escape on the internet this week.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
Surgery is needed if there are symptoms or if the protruding intestine becomes cut off from the blood supply (known as strangulation).4
Umbilical Granuloma
An umbilical granuloma is a common growth that infants develop after the umbilical stump falls off.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Warmer, drier conditions are changing autumn in Arizona The future of the aspens at risk
Beneath the towering white trunks of the aspens, Stoddard looks to the thin plants protruding from the ground for clues to the fate of the peaks’ forest.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Protrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protrude. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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protrude
verb
pro·trude
prō-ˈtrüd 
protruded; protruding
: to cause to project
the mentalis raises and protrudes the lower lip—Gray's Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy
: to jut out from the surrounding surface
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