Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PROTRUDE
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
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (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
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