As an adjective protuberant
is swelling or bulging outward.
As a verb protrude is
to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
protuberant English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Swelling]] or [[bulge, bulging outward.
Related terms
* protuberance
* protuberantly
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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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