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protuberate

 
Dictionary: pro·tu·ber·ate   (prō-tū'bə-rāt', -tyū'-, prə-) pronunciation
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intr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To swell or bulge.

[Late Latin prōtūberāre, prōtūberāt- : Latin prō-, forth; see pro-1 + Latin tūber, a swelling.]

protuberation pro·tu'ber·a'tion n.

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verb

    To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude, stand out, stick out. See convex/concave.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cause to bulge out or project

Meaning #2: form a rounded prominence

 
 
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