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/pɹəˈtɹuːd/ · verb
To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out..
With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.
He, when young Spring protrudes the burſting gems, / Marks the firſt bud, and ſucks the healthful gale / Into his freſhen'd ſoul; […]
Before me soared the great promontory of Penmaen Mawr, protruding itself into the sea […]
Mr Hawley's disgust at the notion of the 'Pioneer' being edited by an emissary, and of Brooke becoming actively political—as if a tortoise of desultory pursuits should protrude its small head ambitiously and become rampant—was hardly equal to the annoyance felt by some members of Mr Brooke's own family.
Then […] I perceived something stir. I made a run for this, but before I reached it a brown object separated itself, rose on two muddy legs and protruded two drooping, bleeding hands.
The man protruded the tip of a white tongue, licked the place where his lips should have been, and then passed on.
1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell, […] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger:
1655, Hamon L’Estrange, The Reign of King Charles, London: Edward Dod and Henry Seile, p. 169, For in case of general disturbance, nothing is more familiar then for several Factions, of several, and sometimes of contrary inclinations and interests, to protrude and drive on one and the same design, to several intents and purposes.
Use protrude when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Protrude means To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out..
Common synonyms include protuberate, jut, project, bulge.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.
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