| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pro·trude |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr -tr d |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: pro·trud·ed, pro·trud·ing, pro·trudes
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To push or thrust outward. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To jut out; project. See synonyms at bulge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin prtr dere : pr-, forward; see pro–1 + trdere, to thrust; see treud- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pro·trudent (-trdnt) —ADJECTIVE
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