protrude

Verb

Verb Forms: protruded, protruding, protrudes

• To stick out from a surface; to project or extend.
• extend out or project in space
• bulge outward
• swell or protrude outwards
• To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
• To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
• To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
• To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
• To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

Examples

• His ego would protrude after every high-scoring word in Scrabble.

Synonyms

bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, jut, jut out, pop, pop out, pouch, project, start, stick out, protuberate