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Verb: protuberate  prow't(y)oo-bu,reyt [N. Amer], pru't(y)oo-bu,reyt [Brit]
  1. Form a rounded prominence
    "The starved child's belly protuberated"
     
  2. Cause to bulge out or project
    "The tumour protuberated from his skull"

Derived forms: protuberated, protuberates, protuberating

Type of: bag, bulge, cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate