Definitions
swell or protrude outwards
Word origin
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”)).
Used in a sentence
“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; […]”
“Before me soared the great promontory of Penmaen Mawr, protruding itself into the sea […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Extend outward”8 letters
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