protrude
/pɹəˈtɹud/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
Transitive verb
verb
To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves."
- "He, when young Spring protrudes the burſting gems, / Marks the firſt bud, and ſucks the healthful gale / Into his freſhen'd ſoul; […]"
- "Before me soared the great promontory of Penmaen Mawr, protruding itself into the sea […]"
- "Mr Hawley's disgust at the notion of the 'Pioneer' being edited by an emissary, and of Brooke becoming actively political—as if a tortoise of desultory pursuits should protrude its small head ambitiously and become rampant—was hardly equal to the annoyance felt by some members of Mr Brooke's own family."
- "Then […] I perceived something stir. I made a run for this, but before I reached it a brown object separated itself, rose on two muddy legs and protruded two drooping, bleeding hands."
- "The man protruded the tip of a white tongue, licked the place where his lips should have been, and then passed on."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹəˈtɹud/
- British English: /pɹəˈtɹuːd/