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   protrude

   /prəˈtruːd/

   verb

   • 1. extend beyond or above a surface: "something like a fin protruded from the water"
   • ▪ (of an animal) cause (a body part) to protrude: "when attacking, it protrudes its long snout"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘thrust something forward or onward’): from Latin protrudere, from pro- ‘forward, out’ + trudere ‘to thrust’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. protrudent adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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