protrudere — meaning in English

English meaning

• protrude verb To make something stick out beyond a surface or edge.
• strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

protrudere is used for these senses in English:

• protrude (transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
• strain (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

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.

strain — full definition

1. verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
2. verb To make a great, often exhausting effort.
3. verb To pass a liquid through a sieve or strainer to remove solids.
4. noun Physical or mental pressure, tension, or exhaustion.
5. noun A particular variety of a virus, bacterium, or other organism.

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