English > protrusive: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | thrusting outward. |
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Narrower | beetle, beetling | jutting or overhanging |
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bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant | curving outward |
jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out | Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary |
obtrusive | sticking out |
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 |
See also | convex, bulging | curving or bulging outward |
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Opposite | intrusive | thrusting inward |
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Spanish | protuberante, saliente, sobresaliente |
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Verbs | protrude | swell or protrude outwards |
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protrude | bulge outward |
protrude | extend out or project in space |