protuberate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to bulge out or project
  2. verb form a rounded prominence
    • The starved child's belly protuberated

WordNet

Pro*tu"ber*ate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. protuberare; pro forward + tuber a hump, protuberance. See Tuber.
Definitions
  1. To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.

Webster 1913