protrude

protrude is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
2. transitive verb. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
3. intransitive verb. To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
4. verb. swell or protrude outwards

   "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"

   Synonyms: bulge, pouch

5. verb. bulge outward

   "His eyes popped"

   Synonyms: bulge, pop, start

6. verb. extend out or project in space

   "His sharp nose jutted out"

   "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

   Synonyms: jut, project

Synonyms

bulge, pouch, pop, start, jut, project

Common word forms

protruded, protrudes, protruding

Words from these letters

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