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| Main Entry: |
protrude
 [proh-trood, pruh-] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick out |
| Synonyms: | beetle, bulge, butt out, come through, distend, extend, extrude, jut, jut out, obtrude, overhang, point, poke, pop, pouch, pout, project, shoot out, stand out, start, stick up, swell |
| Antonyms: | depress, sink |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, adjoin |
| Synonyms: | abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge |
| Main Entry: | jut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | beetle, bulge, elongate, impend, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out |
| Antonyms: | indent, recede |
Example Sentences
- The legs were gnocchi-shaped buds that barely protruded from the pelvis.
- Carpeting, bedspreads, and splinters of furniture protruded from the rubble.
- Where the engines had been removed from the wings, disheveled tubes protruded from the hollows.
| Main Entry: | overhang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang over |
| Synonyms: | be imminent, be suspended, beetle, cast a shadow, command, dangle over, droop over, endanger, extend, flap over, impend, jut, loom, menace, overtop, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, rise above, stand out, stick out, swing over, threaten, tower above |
| Main Entry: | overlap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie over something else |
| Synonyms: | extend along, flap, fold over, go beyond, imbricate, lap over, overhang, overlay, overlie, overrun, project, protrude, ride, run over, shingle |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push at; thrust |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow, goose, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, burst |
| Synonyms: | appear, bang, blow, crack, dart, explode, go, go off, hit, insert, leap, protrude, push, put, report, rise, shove, snap, sock, stick, strike, thrust, whack |
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang out |
| Synonyms: | be conspicuous, be prominent, beetle, extend, hang over, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop out, pout, prolong, protrude, protuberate, push out, stand out, stick out, stretch out, thrust out |
| Antonyms: | cave in |
| Main Entry: | stand out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be conspicuous, prominent |
| Synonyms: | attract attention, be distinct, be highlighted, be striking, beetle, bulge, bulk, catch the eye, emerge, jut, loom, overhang, poke, pouch, project, protrude, stick out |
| Antonyms: | obscure |
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