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JUT OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extend out or project in space

Example:

A single rock sticks out from the cliff

Synonyms:

jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jut out"):

overhang (project over)

push up; thrust (push upward)

spear; spear up (thrust up like a spear)

bag; bulge (bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge)

cantilever (project as a cantilever)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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