protrude

About 0.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
2. verb To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
3. verb To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along. To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude. To cause (something) to emerge.
4. verb To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
5. verb To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
6. verb To cause (something) to emerge.
7. verb To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.
8. verb To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.

Similar words

jut out stick out come out pop out bug out bulge project pouch pop bulge out

Often followed by

from into through the above beyond and in at

Word family

protruded protrudes protruding protrusible