PROTRUDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protruding mean? 

• PROTRUDING (adjective)
  The adjective PROTRUDING has 1 sense:

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

  Familiarity information: PROTRUDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTRUDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

Synonyms:

jutting; projected; projecting; protruding; relieved; sticking; sticking out

Context example:

a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

Similar:

protrusive (thrusting outward)

 Context examples 

Now he suddenly turned himself sideways, and all I could see of him was tangled hair with a red, protruding ear.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A protruding edge designed to strengthen or stabilize a device or facilitate its attachment to a surface.

(Flange Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to the bright spots, the latest images also show a mountain with steep slopes protruding from a relatively smooth area of the dwarf planet's surface.

(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)

A small protruding portion of tissue.

(Papilla, NCI Thesaurus)

Groups of uniform small cells with scant cytoplasm and round to oval nuclei with dense speckled chromatin form clusters thickening bronchiolar wall and/or protruding into the lumen.

(Neuroendocrine Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

There is a wide range of signs and symptoms including hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, hearing loss, respiratory infections, mental retardation, skeletal abnormalities, leveled nasal bridge and protruding forehead.

(Alpha-Mannosidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign nodular lesion protruding above the surface of the endometrium.

(Endometrial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Herniating or protruding into periprostatic fat needs to be distinguished from true invasion.

(Combined Epithelial / Stromal Atypical Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The part of the face below the lower lip and including the protruding part of the lower jaw.

(Chin, NCI Thesaurus)

The girl has sworn that as he spoke she noticed the corner of the little paper packet protruding from his closed hand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)