PROTRUDE Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

protrude

verb

prō-ˈtrüd

Definition of protrude

as in to poke

to extend outward beyond a usual point we spotted the kitten's tail protruding from beneath the dresser

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Recent Examples of protrude The 10-month-old boy had a deep puncture wound in his upper chest area, while the 3-year-old girl had an inner organ protruding out of a chest-area wound. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 When a switch is at rest, a protruding piece of the plastic stem keeps the switch’s two leaves from making contact. — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Ping Ping, the male, has dark black circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang, the female, has a forehead that protrudes a bit, according to the Xinhua News Agency. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for protrude

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Ask it to poke holes and give you the strongest case against something.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Kessler, standing nearby during Williams’ postgame news conference, poked his head out from behind a black curtain and gave his teammate a thumbs-up.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of poke

Verb

Simmons has yet to make his season debut because of a bulging disk in his back, and Rice injured his hamstring during Kansas City’s Week 4 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
In the grayness that should have been sunrise that morning, dark clouds sagged baggily over the very treetops, bulging as if ready to split under their liquid weight.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bulge

Verb

Engineers trying to support swelling AI workloads, video streaming, and cloud services often add thicker cables with more fiber pairs.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Hedge fund assets swell With gross assets now standing at about $13 trillion, hedge funds have become an increasingly important part of the global investor landscape, the IMF said on Tuesday.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of swell

Verb

Long Beach’s peninsula is a narrow spit of land that juts out between Alamitos Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Despite being a weird device with a black-and-white screen and a crank jutting out the side, the Playdate has managed to cultivate a strong and constantly growing library of games.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

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