[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

protrude \protrude"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. protruded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. protruding. l. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward
   + trudere to thrust. see threat.
   1913 webster
   1. to thrust forward; to drive or force along. --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from
      confinement; to cause to come forth.
      1913 webster

            when . . . spring protrudes the bursting gems.
                                                  --thomson.
      1913 webster
see also:
protruded protruding threat 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

protruding
     adj : 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" syn: jutting, projected,
            projecting, stickingp, sticking outp
see also:
jutting projected projecting stickingp sticking outp 

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