Past tense of protrude

Forms of protrude

Protruded in a sentence

• 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.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The First Making of Cavorite”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes...
• The man protruded the tip of a white tongue, licked the place where his lips should have been, and then passed on.1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 9, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC...
• The man's belly protruded tubbily over his waistband.From the entry tubbily
• Their spears protruded from the chinks in this formation that was known as the ‘shieldwall’ or ‘war hedge’.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry shield wall
• Women now resembled well-rounded cabbages from which protruded a tiny head crushed beneath a Charlotte hat covered with plumes and gew-gaws.1968, Gisèle d'Assailly, Ages of Elegance. From the entry charlotte

Meaning of protrude

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 thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
3. verb To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.

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Questions about the past tense of protrude

What is the past tense of protrude?

The past tense of protrude is protruded.

What is the past participle of protrude?

The past participle of protrude is protruded.

Is protrude a regular or irregular verb?

Protrude is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.