PROJECTING
jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out
(adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; āthe jutting limb of a treeā; āmassive projected buttressesā; āhis protruding ribsā; āa pile of boards sticking over the end of his truckā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
projecting (not comparable)
Sticking out.
(psychology) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
Verb
projecting
present participle of project
Noun
projecting (plural projectings)
The act by which something is projected.
A projecting part.
Source: Wiktionary
PROJECT
Proj"ect, n. Etym: [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L. projectus, p. p.
of projicere to project; pro forward + jacere to throw. See Jet a
shooting forth, and cf. Projet.]
1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth. [Obs.]
Holland.
2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.
Vented much policy, and projects deep. Milton.
Projects of happiness devised by human reason. Rogers.
He entered into the project with his customary ardor. Prescott.
3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to
projects.
Syn.
– Design; scheme; plan; purpose.
– Project, Design. A project is something of a practical nature
thrown out for consideration as to its being done. A design is a
project when matured and settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An
ingenious man has many projects, but, if governed by sound sense,
will be slow in forming them into designs. See also Scheme.
Pro*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Projecting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
1. To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Before his feet herself she did project. Spenser.
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the
crystal tide. Pope.
2. To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to
scheme; as, to project a plan.
What sit then projecting peace and war Milton.
3. (Persp.)
Definition: To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as,
to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes
with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a
plane. See Projection, 4.
Pro*ject", v. i.
1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be
prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from
the tree.
2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition