protrudeth
protrudeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of protrude.
Meaning of protrude
Verb
protrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)
- 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
- 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
- To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
- To cause (something) to emerge.
- 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
- To emerge with some speed; to shoot out.
Origin of protrudeth
protrude + -eth
Questions about protrudeth
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