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Adjective protruding has 1 sense
- jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
Antonym: intrusive (indirect, via protrusive)
Verb protrude has 3 senses
- stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
Sample sentences:
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Something is ----ing PP
- protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out - bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
--2 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- bulge, pouch, protrude - swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:
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