herausstehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• protrude verb To make something stick out beyond a surface or edge.
• straggle verb To wander away from the usual path and from others of the same kind.
• strut verb To walk in a proud, stiff, confident way, often with the head held high.

Senses

herausstehen is used for these senses in English:

• protrude (transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
• stick out (intransitive) To protrude; to extend beyond.
• straggle (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
• strut (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.

protrude — full definition

1. verb To make something stick out beyond a surface or edge.
2. verb To push someone or something forcefully forward.
3. verb To state an opinion too forcefully or insistently.
4. verb To make something come out or appear.

straggle — full definition

1. verb To wander away from the usual path and from others of the same kind.
2. verb To behave in a messy, disorganized way.
3. verb To grow or hang in an untidy way.
4. verb To travel slowly, falling some way behind those ahead.

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