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Protuberate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To swell or bulge.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To bulge outward, producing a rounded protuberance.

v. To cause to bulge outward.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To swell beyond the adjacent surface; be prominent; bulge out.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. form a rounded prominence

v. cause to bulge out or project

Word Usage

"The predominance of the querulous interloper rife in the quest to protuberate and wrest away the volition of the American taxpayer is in fact coming to conclusion."

Verb Form

protuberated protuberating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bag bulge

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

project rise bulge swell bunch round hump