Overview of verb protrude

The verb protrude has 3 senses

• stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project -- (extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff")


• start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out -- (bulge outward; "His eyes popped")


• bulge, pouch, protrude -- (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")

Overview of adj protruding

The adj protruding has 1 sense

• jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out -- (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck")