| Protrude 1. (v. t.) To thrust forward; to jut out; to project; to drive or force along. 2. (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. 3. (v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. Thesaurus Entries arise, bail out, balloon, beetle, belly out, break cover, break forth, bristle up, bulge, burst forth, cock up, come, come forth, come out, debouch, disembogue, effuse, emanate, emerge, erupt, extend, extrude, goggle, issue, issue forth, jump out, jut, jut out, overhang, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, protuberate, sally, sally forth, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, surface, thrust out |