projecting
Collocations
5ADJ.
high, large, over, thin, unhappy
VERB + PROJECTING
coat, quit, see, smile
PROJECTING + NOUN
front, happiness, nose, plates, thoughts
PREP.
down, in, on, on, with
ADV.
tightly
Definitions
adj
Sticking out.
I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail.
Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
noun
The act by which something is projected.
The movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities.
A projecting part.
The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]
Assumption of qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality; projection.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
- jutting
- projected
- protruding
- relieved
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail.
WiktionaryThe movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities.
WiktionaryThe sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable
WiktionaryHis face was lean and haggard, and his brown parchment-like skin was drawn tightly over the projecting bones.
Tatoeba · #6310212He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache.
Tatoeba · #7453213I rubbed my eyes to see the image projecting in front of me.
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