protrude
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin prōtrūdō, prōtrūdere.
Verb[edit]
protrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)
- To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to extend from
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
prōtrūde
- second-person singular present active imperative of prōtrūdō