Protuberate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Protuberate \Pro*tu"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. protuberare; pro forward
     + tuber a hump, protuberance. See {Tuber}.]
     To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to
     bulge out. --S. Sharp.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  protuberate
       v 1: cause to bulge out or project
       2: form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly
          protuberated"