Pro-trūde′1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROTRUDED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROTRUDING.] [Lat. protrudere, protrusum, from pro, forward, forth, and trudere, to thrust.]
- To thrust forward; to drive or force along. [Rare.] Locke.
- To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. “When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems.” Thomson.