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Adjective: projecting pru'jek-ting- Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
"the projecting limb of a tree"; - jutting, projected, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out Verb: project 'pró,jekt or pró-jikt- Communicate vividly
"He projected his feelings" - Extend out in space
"A single rock projects from the cliff"; - stick out, protrude, jut out, jut - Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
- Show on a screen using projection
"The images are projected onto the screen" - Cause to be heard
"His voice projects well" - Draw a projection of
- Make or work out a plan for; devise
"project an attack"; - plan, contrive, design - Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"; - propose - Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
"I can't project him on horseback!"; - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, fancy, see, figure, picture, image - Put or send forth
"project a spell"; - cast, contrive, throw - Throw, send, or cast forward
"project a missile"; - send off - (psychology) transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
- externalize, externalise [Brit]
See also: protrusive Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, cause to be perceived, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, communicate, conceive of, create by mental act, create mentally, direct, draw, envisage, ideate, imagine, impel, impute, intercommunicate, plan, propel, send, show, transfer, transmit, transport Encyclopedia: Projecting Project |