Definition: protrude

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

protrude
     v 1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
          "A single rock stick out from the cliff" [syn: stick
          out, jut out, jut, project]
     2: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: pop, pop out, bulge,
         bulge out, bug out, come out]
     3: swell or protrude outwards; "His eyes bulged with surprise"
        [syn: bulge, pouch]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Protruding.] [L. protrudere, protrusum; pro forward
   + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
   1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. --Locke.

   2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from
      confinement; to cause to come forth.

            When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
                                                  --Thomson.
Protrude \Pro*trude"\, v. i.
   To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond
   a limit; to project.

         The parts protrude beyond the skin.      --Bacon.