protrude

verb

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).

1. To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.

   “With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.”

   “He, when young Spring protrudes the burſting gems, / Marks the firſt bud, and ſucks the healthful gale / Into his freſhen'd ſoul; […]”

2. To thrust (someone or something) forward; to drive or force along.

   “1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell, […] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger:”

   “[…] Palſies do oftneſt happen upon the left ſide if underſtood in this ſenſe; the moſt vigorous part protecting it ſelfe, and protruding the matter upon the weaker and leſſe reſiſtive ſide: […]”

3. To put forward (an opinion, etc.) in an overly assertive manner; to obtrude.
4. To cause (something) to emerge.
5. To extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out.

   “The old woman's face was wrinkled, her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip, and her eyes were bright and piercing.”

   “A sheaf of papers was held in his shirt pocket by a little fence of fountain pens and yellow pencils; and from his hip pocket protruded a notebook with metal covers.”

6. To emerge with some speed; to shoot out.