The Collaborative International Dictionary
Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Projected; p. pr. & vb. n. Projecting.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
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To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Before his feet herself she did project.
--Spenser.Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
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To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan.
What sit then projecting peace and war?
--Milton. (Persp.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection,
Wiktionary
1 Sticking out. 2 (context psychology English) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence. v
(present participle of project English)
WordNet
adj. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" [syn: jutting, projected, protruding, sticking(p), sticking out(p)]
Usage examples of "projecting".
At that point Nancia would be able to create a rapid physical decomposition and restructuring of the local spaces, projecting herself and her passengers from one subspace to the other.
The tech lay with the broken bones projecting through the dark skin of her kneecaps, blood welling around them and the whites showing all around her honey-colored eyes.
Ilnir roared, projecting his voice over the hubbub of voices and the hum of machinery.
Tall Eyebrow said, projecting his voice to carry as well as it could from his small plastic bubble.
Carialle asked, projecting an image of a bipedal being on the wall beside the silhouette of a Thelerie.
Rhyssa murmured, projecting an image of a sly grin and a come-hither expression directed at an amorphous shadow.
Laria tried projecting soothing thoughts to him but he caught her at it and disappeared on one of his solitary hunts.
I can't say I like being constantly sting-pzzted all the time - not at the level that Queen is projecting but it's the place to meet everyone!
Rojer 'heard' reassuring words which confused him since his mother wouldn't be projecting that on a wide enough band to include him.
Rojer perched on one edge of her worktop and folded his arms, subtly projecting affection and reassurance.
He shook his head, indicating that he was not projecting his ebullient mood.
I mean, projecting a voice, supporting it properly on the breath, phrasing the music, carrying the dynamic line forward.
Donalla said, swinging her stool around and, projecting herself off it, she paced angrily about the room.
Alessan raised his voice, projecting it beyond the group to those watching and listening from the roadway and the forecourt.
Desdra said to Moreta, projecting her voice sufficiently to counter the glide breeze.