bulge, pouch, protrude
(verb) swell or protrude outwards; “His stomach bulged after the huge meal”
start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
(verb) bulge outward; “His eyes popped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
protrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)
(intransitive) To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
(transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
(transitive) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
(transitive, obsolete) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
• (extend from a surface or boundary): jut, project, protuberate
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Protruding.] Etym: [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.
Pro*trude", v. i.
Definition: To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project. The parts protrude beyond the skin. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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