'Protuberate' definitions:
Definition of 'protuberate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to bulge out or project
verb
Form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated"
Definition of 'Protuberate'
From: GCIDE
- Protuberate \Pro*tu"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. protuberare; pro forward + tuber a hump, protuberance. See Tuber.] To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. --S. Sharp. [1913 Webster]