[pro.trude] vb pro.trud.ed ; pro.trud.ing [L protrudere, fr. pro- + trudere to thrust--more at threat] vt (1620) 1 archaic: to thrust forward
2: to cause to project ~ vi: to jut out from the surrounding surface or context "a handkerchief protruding from his breast pocket" -- pro.tru.si.ble adj