protrude


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Synonyms for protrude

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for protrude

to curve outward past the normal or usual limit

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Synonyms for protrude

swell or protrude outwards

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As the rabbits become older, it is much easier to tell the sex -- the doe's organ is a more pronounced slit and the bucks organ will protrude plainly when gently pressed.
A small border is allowed to protrude outside the runner so that the sand can adhere to it and hold the fabric in place when the mold hardens [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 4A OMITTED].
(1) In most cases, brain tissue, meninges, or both protrude through a defect in the anterior cranial fossa and into the ethmoid sinus or nasal cavity.
- During arousal, the uterus moves upwards and forwards so that the cervix protrudes less into the vault of the vagina, which therefore becomes larger.
A1though they protrude up to 0.39" above the road surface, the design of these in-pavement lights poses neither hazard to bicycles nor an impediment to snowplows.
Norwegian Wood (all works 2000), a wall piece, consists of four black plastic compact-disc racks stacked in two columns and crammed with foam tubes--some white, some beige, some gray--from many of which protrude lengths of cord.
The four flipper-like fins that protrude from the coelacanth's bony torso are the stunted beginnings of legs.
of the tube will protrude above the rubber stopper;
SOME OF THE PINS PROTRUDE A BIT WHILE OTHERS ARE ALMOST FLAT TO THEIR SURFACE
With the lift tower formally expressed, conforming to a building-line established by the neighbouring buildings, the skewed and radial elevations protrude to become more prominent when seen in oblique.
It doesn't matter how many threads protrude outside the lug if the clamping force cannot be met or the lug will not hold the torque.
Because the STM is able to sense the electron clouds that protrude from individual atoms, the researchers also used the instrument to image each step of the reaction.
When built-up drips of paint protrude from the surface of the canvas like "stalagmites," as the artist politely calls them, we know that the painterly eruption from the unconscious depths has become self-consciously comic, though not in an insidious way.
Internally, the ends protrude slightly to give the walls a tactile, stippled pattern and also provide support for benches.
The presence of death acts as a counterpoint to this vitalist tension, appearing in many of his "self-portraits." In the most disquieting, Selfportrait, 1985, the head is shattered, multiple eyes protrude from a deformed skull, the gaping mouth cries out in acid pain, and the internal organs are exposed, the genitals a black scrawl.