'Protruding' definitions:
Definition of 'protruding'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)]
Definition of 'Protruding'
From: GCIDE
- Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Protruding.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward + trudere to thrust. See Threat.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. [1913 Webster]
- When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]