1. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
   "massive projected buttresses";
   - jutting, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out

1. Extend out in space
   "A single rock projects from the cliff";
   - stick out, protrude, jut out, jut
    
2. Communicate vividly
   "He projected his feelings"
    
3. Show on a screen using projection
   "The images are projected onto the screen"
    
4. Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
   "The scientist projected biological concepts onto social phenomena"
    
5. Cause to be heard
   "His voice projects well"
    
6. Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
   "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer";
   - propose
    
7. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't project him on horseback!";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
    
8. Put or send forth
   "project a spell";
   - cast, contrive, throw
    
9. Throw, send, or cast forward
   "project a missile";
   - send off
    
10. Transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
    "He projected his anger onto his coworkers";
    - externalize, externalise [Brit]
     
11. Draw a projection of
    "The architect projected the building's layout onto the screen"

See also: protrusive, stick

Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, cause to be perceived, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, communicate, conceive of, direct, draw, envisage, exsert, extend, hold out, ideate [informal], imagine, impel, impute, intercommunicate, plan, propel, put out, send, show, stretch forth, stretch out, transfer, transmit

Encyclopedia: Projected