Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To extend or cause to extend outward.
- noun Something, such as an outcropping of rocks, that extends outward.
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- noun Something that extends outwards, especially such an
outcrop ofrock - verb To
extend outwards
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an outcropping of rock that extends outward
Etymologies
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Examples
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His arms were crossed, and he stood hipshot, his brows raised, his chin outthrust.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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When I was seven years old, my grandparents gave me a Dungeons & Dragons boxed set, the basic edition with an Erol Otus cover on which a spear-wielding fighter in purple armor and a fireball-hurling magic-user, one leg outthrust from her scarlet robes, confront a green dragon on the edge of a subterranean lake.
Archive 2010-07-01 Lou Anders 2010
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Then he glared like a mad marmoset, one finger outthrust.
Watershed 2010
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Azran dove, sword outthrust for assault against the hordes of the Dragon Emperor.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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He hoped the creature did not intend to lead him all the way along the outthrust piece of earth that the crystal Dragon claimed as his.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Azran dove, sword outthrust for assault against the hordes of the Dragon Emperor.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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He hoped the creature did not intend to lead him all the way along the outthrust piece of earth that the crystal Dragon claimed as his.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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He hoped the creature did not intend to lead him all the way along the outthrust piece of earth that the crystal Dragon claimed as his.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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It's like saying "I don't like broccoli" with a defiant outthrust chest.
"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for pancreatic cancer." Ann Althouse 2009
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She stood now with jaw outthrust and hands on hips.
Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009
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