protruding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: protruding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for protruding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protruding adj 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" Synonym(s): jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protruding}.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. --Thomson.