protrudev.
/prəˈtruːd/, U.S. /prəˈtrud/, /proʊˈtrud/ a. transitive. To thrust (an object) forward; to push or drive onward. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > propel
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propel1588
project1596
1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. Ai What a restlesse euil heresie is, euer trauailing to bring furth mischeif, neuer ceasing to protrude all those, in whose hertes she is receiued to confusion.
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. ii. f. 5v They protrude them selues into many miseries, they be impudent, vnshamefast, aduenturous and carelesse, how many mischiefes they do.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 112 They protrude and driue downe the meates from the stomacke, before they be digested.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 169 Nothing is more familiar than for several Factions..to protrude and drive on one and the same design.
a1704 J. Locke Elem. Nat. Philos. x, in Coll. Several Pieces (1720) 213 When the stomach has perform'd its office upon the food, it protrudes it into the guts.
1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 284 The arrow is by a single blast of air from the lungs, protruded through the cavity of the reed.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 163 A series of spasmodic contractions..gradually increase in strength..and protrude the child into the world.
1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. ix. 126 A subterranean conduit or eruptive channel by which the volcanic matter was protruded to the surface.
b. intransitive. To shoot out. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
springeOE
outleaplOE
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loukc1275
start?1316
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to start outa1382
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thringa1500
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protrude1626
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flounce1865
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dartle1893
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §328 If the spirits be not merely detained, but protrude a little, and that motion be confused and inordinate, there followeth putrefaction.
2. † b. transitive. In extended use: to bring to the surface, as a rash. Obsolete. rare.† c. transitive. figurative. To put forward obtrusively, obtrude. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To push or thrust out (an organ, part, etc.) into a projecting position; to cause to project or stick out.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > forcibly, firmly, or quickly
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pilt?c1250
casta1300
pusha1350
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thrusta1400
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to throw on1560
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protrude1638
shove1807
bung1825
shoot1833
slap1836
plunk1866
slam1870
spank1880
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > cause to project or stretch forth
straightc1400
protend?a1475
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to set out1573
project1624
protrude1638
to start out1653
penthouse1655
portend1657
to throw out1689
obtend1697
to lay out1748
bumfle1832
out-thrust1855
rank1867
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully
to put forthc1300
thrustc1374
to put outa1382
proferc1400
outstretcha1425
to hold out1535
outhold1550
push1581
intend1601
stick1607
protrude1638
poke1700
blurt1818
1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 46 It drives before it the grosser Parts of the Body; And protrudes them beyond the Superficies, or Surface of the Bodie.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 36 Those black filaments or optick nerves, which are sheathed in her [sc. the snail's] horns which she can retract or protrude.
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 185 When young Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 104 This sequestered place was environed..with hanging Rocks..protruding themselves from behind dark masses of..wild Shrubs.
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) iv. 71 From each tube a polyp is protruded, of a brilliant grass-green colour.
1896 Argosy Feb. 453/2 I softly protruded one foot from the yielding bedclothing and planted it upon the thick carpet on the floor.
1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) i. 3 Pseudopodia are protruded from any point of the surface.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. xxi. 176 The anterior or anteroventral mouth is a small circular opening through which a peculiar telescoping mouth cone with stylets can be protruded.
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a1776 R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 17 Let the physician but remove the fever, and..no miliary eruptions will be protruded.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate
intruse?a1500
ingyre1513
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cog1570
foist1570
wind?1570
obtrudea1575
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filch?1589
intrude1592
inthrust1605
possess1606
suborna1620
inedge1632
interlopea1641
subintroducteda1641
subintroduce1643
to hedge in1664
insinuate1665
dodge1687
lug1721
assinuate1742
wriggle1766
fudge1776
intertrude1809
injeer1820
protrude1840
sniggle1881
1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 720 Critics, who..protrude their nonsense upon the town.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 255 I would protrude my opinion to the world.
3. intransitive. To project from or extend beyond the surrounding surface or parts; to stick out. Frequently with from.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]
tootc897
shootc1000
to come outOE
abuta1250
to stand outc1330
steek?c1335
risea1398
jutty14..
proferc1400
strutc1405
to stick upa1500
issuec1515
butt1523
to stick outc1540
jut1565
to run out1565
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gag1599
poke1599
proke1600
boke1601
prosiliate1601
relish1611
shoulder1611
to stand offa1616
protrude1704
push1710
projecta1712
protend1726
outstand1755
shove1850
outjut1851
extrude1852
bracket1855
to corbel out1861
to set out1892
pier1951
1704 N. Grew Musævm Regalis Soc. (L.) Towards its extremity the spine protrudes, and afterwards incurves.
1793 J. Latta Pract. Syst. Surg. I. vi. 159 The spine protrudes in various parts.
1826 Lancet 8 July 472/2 A large tumour which she says was of the size of an orange was found protruding from the anus.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 155 The rocks which protrude from the snow at the base of the last spur of the mountain.
1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 167 A brand-new frock-coat buttoned tight and square, with a large expanse of carefully shot linen protruding below each wristband.
1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington iii. 27 Her pale blonde hair protruded at the back in a thick plaited bun.
1999 Sea Angler May 61/2 The point of the hook is left protruding from the bait.
Derivatives
proˈtruded adj.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
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poking1566
out1576
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promontory1579
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buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. iv. 25 Those protruded particles being received into the adjacent empty interstices, press upon the next vicine particles of aer, and likewise protrude them.
1723 R. Blackmore Alfred i. 3 Near the Circæan Mountains, which divide With their protruded Wedge the Ocean's Tide.
1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) ii. 20 The protruded filaments are able to coalesce.
1947 J. G. Love in Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 29 438 The acceptance of protruded discs as a frequent cause of intractable low-back pain..would seem to establish definitely the validity of the lesion.
1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xix. 476 One of the chorus boys slapped her flag-draped, protruded buttock.
proˈtruding adj.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
pouting1563
poking1566
out1576
egregious1578
promontory1579
out-pointed1585
buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. xv. 344 She useth certain small Goads, Poles, Levers, or the like protruding Instruments.
1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iii. 36 The P is kerned, that its propensity may cover the back of the protruding angle of A.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 24 His hair..was brushed stiffly up from a low protruding forehead.
1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xxvii. 394 A coiled serpent with raised head and protruding tongue.
2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 180 The walls of the mosque are smooth, but..are pierced by rows of protruding palm tree trunks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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