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pro·trude
 protrude
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- pronunciation:
- pro
trud
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
protrudes, protruding, protruded |
| definition: |
to push or extend outward; project.
- synonyms:
- jut, poke, project, stick out
- similar words:
- bag, bulge, butt, extend, peak, pop, pouch, pout, start, stick, swell, tongue
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| related words: |
peak |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to extend or jut out.
- synonyms:
- distend, extend, swell
- antonyms:
- retract
- similar words:
- butt, expand, inflate, obtrude, poke, pouch, pout, protract
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| related words: |
extend, poke, protract |
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| derivations: |
protrudable (adj.), protrudent (adj.) |
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