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To be barely visible past an obstruction or obstructions; to protrude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 1886, Wilkie Collins, The Evil Genius, London: Chatto & Windus, Volume 1, Before the Story, Part 4, p. 41, Here’s the Queen, my dears, in her gilt coach, drawn by six horses. Do you see her sceptre poking out of the carriage window? She governs the nation with that.
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To emerge from behind, in, or under something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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To cause (something) to protrude or emerge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1665, John Phillips (translator), Typhon, or, The Gyants War with the Gods by Paul Scarron (1644), London: Samuel Speed, Canto 5, p. 147, Apollo then does shoot so right With shaft that’s sharp as well as bright, Hits Ephialtes in the eye; And Hercules that then stood by, Pokes out his other: farewel he.
- 1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” in Lyrics of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, p. 35, lines 148-149, “Go,” cried the Mayor, “and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes!
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reach outward in space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
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Synonyms: extend, reach out
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Broader terms: be
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