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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrusting outward
Classified under:
Similar:
beetle; beetling (jutting or overhanging)
bellied; bellying; bulbous; bulging; bulgy; protuberant (curving outward)
obtrusive (sticking out; protruding)
jutting; projected; projecting; protruding; relieved; sticking; sticking out (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary)
overshot (having an upper part projecting beyond the lower)
starting ((especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear)
underhung; undershot; underslung (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper)
ventricose; ventricous (having a swelling on one side)
Also:
bulging; convex (curving or bulging outward)
Antonym:
intrusive (thrusting inward)
Derivation:
protrude (swell or protrude outwards)
protrude (bulge outward)
protrude (extend out or project in space)
