extrude

[ ik-strood ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing.

1. to thrust out; force or press out; expel:

   to extrude molten rock.

2. to form (metal, plastic, etc.) with a desired cross section by forcing it through a die.

verb (used without object)

, ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing.

1. to protrude.
2. to be extruded:

   This metal extrudes easily.

extrude

/ ɪkˈstruːd /

verb

1. tr to squeeze or force out
2. tr to produce (moulded sections of plastic, metal, etc) by ejection under pressure through a suitably shaped nozzle or die
3. tr to chop up or pulverize (an item of food) and re-form it to look like a whole

   a factory-made rod of extruded egg

4. a less common word for protrude

Derived Forms

• exˈtruded, adjective

Other Words From

• ex·truder noun
• ex·tru·si·ble [ik-, stroo, -s, uh, -b, uh, l, -z, uh, -], ex·truda·ble adjective
• unex·truded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of extrude¹

1560–70; < Latin extrūdere to thrust out, drive out, equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + trūdere to thrust, push

Word History and Origins

Origin of extrude¹

C16: from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust

Example Sentences

Other Tipulid on the contrary extrude their eggs joined end to end, so as to resemble a necklace of oval beads.

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He notes the familiar fact that the vine-stump absorbed water before it began to extrude it.

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What is lacking is an authority which can impose commands on the in-group and extrude blood revenge from it.

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Ye have power, it is true, to extrude me from this new world, but my presence will be a bane to you in the old.

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Pupipara: a series of Diptera, in which the females do not extrude the young until they have reached the stage ready to pupate.

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