protrude from

protrude from someone or something

to stick out from someone or something. Even in the dark, I knew he was hurt because I could see the knife protruding from him. A knife protruded from the victim's back.

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These proteins are necessary for the proper functioning of organelles called cilia that protrude from kidney cells.

Kidney progress: drug slows cyst growth

thick depending on requirements and on how far the fibers protrude from the part surface.

Composite coating makes glass fibers less aggressive in sliding, turning parts

Much work remains to be done on the building--electric cables and water pipes still protrude from ceilings waiting to be covered up, bathroom fixtures have yet to be installed, staircases await their banisters, and the elevators are not yet operational.

No move yet for national office

Several signs protrude from the ice bearing the epitaph: "Pompano (Florida)," "Fagri (Greece), "Royal Dorado (Greece)," "Sargos (Greece)," and so on.

Costas Spiliadis

When built-up drips of paint protrude from the surface of the canvas like "stalagmites," as the artist politely calls them, we know that the painterly eruption from the unconscious depths has become self-consciously comic, though not in an insidious way.

GILES LYON

5) Rusted parts of the USS Arizona protrude from the waters of Pearl Harbor next to the memorial dedicated to those who died during the Japanese attack on Dec.

FIRST MATES; THE USS MISSOURI, WHERE WORLD WAR II ENDED, NOW SHARES PEARL HARBOR WITH THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL, WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE PACIFIC WAR'S BEGINNING

The four flipper-like fins that protrude from the coelacanth's bony torso are the stunted beginnings of legs.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

In tri-tier FP wire bonding, three rows of wiring protrude from the IC pads to provide connectivity to other parts of the IC package.

ASE Advances in Fine Pitch Wire Bonding Technology; Patented tri-tier wire bonding technique successfully developed to enable semiconductor chips with smaller area and denser I/Os

4 millimeter, these fossils bear ornaments like spikes and flanges that protrude from their spherical surface.

Cold death questioned for early algae

Virtually all of these transceivers, which can include cell phones, cordless phones, LANS, computer links, trunk radios, RF tagging, and others, incorporate `wand' antennas which protrude from the casing.

Fractal Antenna systems announces breakthrough antenna line

High concentrations of glucose in the blood react with structural proteins--primarily collagen -- throughout the body, resulting in the formation of clumps that protrude from the protein.