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Protruding   /proʊtrˈudɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Protrude  v. t.  (past & past part. protruded; pres. part. protruding)  
1.
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
2.
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. "When... Spring protrudes the bursting gems."


Protrude  v. i.  To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. "The parts protrude beyond the skin."





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"Protruding" Quotes from Famous Books



... admirable study was probably made from nature, additional character and more powerful expression having been given to it by a slight exaggeration of details, bordering on caricature (observe the protruding lower lip, 'nez retrousse,' and overhanging forehead). The head, in profile, turned to the right, is proudly planted on a massive neck and shoulders, and the short tufted hair stands up erect. The expression is that of fierce, ...
— Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture - Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 • John Ruskin
... wreath of cypress, which was held on high by a skeleton arm, protruding from within ...
— The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... you with me than the whole of the band. What were they anyway? Cabbage-heads!" Mogue winked with his protruding eye. "Wait till you see me again," said he. "I've the grandest things in my pack." He went on leading the little horse. Then Flann set out to look ...
— The King of Ireland's Son • Padraic Colum
... medley of sound from the dance hall seemed only to intensify the silence in the room. Slimmy Jack stood motionless at the side of the safe, his elbow resting against the old-fashioned, protruding upper hinge. A minute, two, another, and still another dragged by. Came then a short ejaculation ...
— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard
... of wood, usually fence posts; oranges dropping from his nosebag; on one side of his saddle a fowl and a duck on the other; a small porker from his haversack; the ends of onions or such like vegetables would be protruding, and his broad-brimmed hat or bashed-in helmet would be garlanded with peach blossoms, resembling a joyous Bacchanalian, and the unshaven, dirty face underneath wreathed in smiles. We have destroyed a lot more waggons and houses, and lifted several hundred of cattle, besides getting ...
— A Yeoman's Letters - Third Edition • P. T. Ross


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