Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Project \Pro*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Projected}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Projecting}.] [Cf. OF. projecter, F. projeter.]
   1. 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.        --Pope.

   2. 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.

   3. (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}, 4.

Project \Proj"ect\ (?; 277), n. [OF. project, F. projet, fr. L.
   projectus, p. p. of projicere to project; pro forward +
   jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth, and cf.
   {Projet}.]
   1. The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.
      [Obs.] --Holland.

   2. That which is projected or designed; something intended or
      devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

            Vented much policy, and projects deep. --Milton.

            Projects of happiness devised by human reason.
                                                  --Rogers.

            He entered into the project with his customary
            ardor.                                --Prescott.

   3. An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given
      to projects.

   Syn: Design; scheme; plan; purpose.

   Usage: {Project}, {Design}. A project is something of a
          practical nature thrown out for consideration as to
          its being done. A design is a project when matured and
          settled, as a thing to be accomplished. An ingenious
          man has many projects, but, if governed by sound
          sense, will be slow in forming them into designs. See
          also {Scheme}.

Project \Pro*ject"\, v. i.
   1. To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be
      prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches
      project from the tree.

   2. To form a project; to scheme. [R.] --Fuller.

Source : WordNet®

project
     n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
          prepared for great undertakings" [syn: {undertaking}, {task},
           {labor}]
     2: a planned undertaking [syn: {projection}]

project
     v 1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings"
     2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
        "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: {stick out},
         {protrude}, {jut out}, {jut}]
     3: transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another
     4: project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the
        screen"
     5: cause to be heard; "His voice projects well"
     6: draw a projection of
     7: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
        murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan
        an attack" [syn: {plan}, {contrive}, {design}]
     8: present for consideration [syn: {propose}]
     9: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
        horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
        risk in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision},
         {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}]
     10: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
         corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
         spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: {cast}, {contrive}, {throw}]
     11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: {send
         off}]
     12: regard as objective [syn: {externalize}, {externalise}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

PROJECT
     
        Subsystem of ICES.  Sammet 1969, p.616.