As verbs the difference between poised and protrude
is that
poised is (
poise) while
protrude is to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
As an adjective poised
is possessing poise, having self-confidence.
poised English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
Ready, prepared.
:He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc.
*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 29
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas
, work=BBC Sport
citation
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, passage=A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike.}}
Verb
(head)
(poise)
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protrude English
Verb
( protrud)
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
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- Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes .
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
- (John Locke)
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
* Thomson
- When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
Derived terms
* protrudable
* protrudent
* protrusible
* protrusion
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