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protruded

protruded is the simple past and past participle of protrude.

Meaning of protrude

Verb

protrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)

  1. (transitive) 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.1695, Richard Blackmore, “Book IX”, in Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchil […], →OCLC, page 267
    Synonyms:
    protuberate
  2. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.
    • […] 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:1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell
  3. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
  4. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To cause (something) to emerge.
  5. (intransitive) To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.
    • The old woman's face was wrinkled, her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip, and her eyes were bright and piercing.1837 April, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Oliver Mingles with New Associates, and, Going to a Funeral for the First Time, Forms an Unfavourable Notion of His Master’s Business”, in Oliver Twist...
    Synonyms:
    jut, protuberate
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To emerge with some speed; to shoot out.

Questions about protruded

What is protruded the simple past and past participle of?
Protruded is the simple past and past participle of protrude.

Words near protruded in the dictionary

  1. protruberance
  2. protruberances
  3. protruberant
  4. protrudable
  5. protrude
  6. protruded
  7. protrudent
  8. protruder
  9. protruders
  10. protrudes
  11. protrudeth

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