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PROTUBERATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Form a rounded prominence
Example:
The starved child's belly protuberated
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "protuberate" is one way to...):
bag; bulge (bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge)
Verb group:
protuberate (cause to bulge out or project)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
protuberance (the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out)
protuberant (curving outward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to bulge out or project
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
protuberate (form a rounded prominence)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
protuberance (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)
protuberant (curving outward)
