as in to poke
to extend outward beyond a usual point
we spotted the kitten's tail protruding from beneath the dresser
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Recent Examples of protrude
Turn the robot on with the power switch on its side and line up the charging contacts on its bottom with those protruding from the base station.
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PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Shopping carts and car parts protruded from the water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
The camera module now retains the body-color accents in a slightly more protruding form.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere in the stream, Kodak attempts to have a normal conversation with the Twitch streamer before totally bugging out, protruding his eyes with a face full of sweat.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Shopping carts and car parts protruded from the water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
The camera module now retains the body-color accents in a slightly more protruding form.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere in the stream, Kodak attempts to have a normal conversation with the Twitch streamer before totally bugging out, protruding his eyes with a face full of sweat.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protrude
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Cleavage forming, hormones erupting, hair poking through in what feels like strange places and wanting to dance on the peripherals of sexiness.Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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This cute sweatshirt pokes fun at the sport’s quirky name with a watercolor print of two pickles playing pickleball.Cai Cramer, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Just as the late Peter Lorre’s bulging eyes remain his most enduring feature, teeth will be Carrey’s long after he’s gone.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Now my trimmings cabinet is a bulging mass of treasures awaiting their moment.Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2024
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Common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, trouble breathing when lying down, and swelling of the extremities and stomach.7 Muscle cramping is another symptom—specifically leg cramps that come on at night, known as nocturnal leg cramps.Laura Schober, Health, 8 Dec. 2024
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Serious health complications are possible, especially in children younger than 5, such as pneumonia — the most common cause of death from measles in young children — and swelling of the brain, which can trigger convulsions and lead to deafness or intellectual disability.Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Perched on a narrow, sandy peninsula that juts into the Caspian Sea, the resort area offers more than a dozen waterfront hotels, an indoor waterpark, and even a small maritime museum with models of ships that once plied the Caspian.Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Construction started in December 2022 on the 280,000-square-foot headquarters building and athletic field complex, where the company already had some corporate offices on the 50-acre peninsula jutting into the Middle Branch south of Interstate 95.Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Protrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protrude. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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