extrude

[ik-strood]

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verb (used with object), ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing.

to thrust out; force or press out; expel: to extrude molten rock.

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.

to protrude.

to be extruded: This metal extrudes easily.

Origin of extrude

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

Related formsex·trud·er, nounex·tru·si·ble

[ik-stroo-suh-buh l, -zuh-] /ɪkˈstru sə bəl, -zə-/, ex·trud·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·trud·ed, adjective

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Related Words for extruded

eject, expel, dismiss, boot, project, press, thrust, squeeze, evict, chase

Examples from the Web for extruded

Contemporary Examples of extruded

Like anything Parisian, there are knockoffs, and cheap ones at that: extruded bits of processed, salt-doped, luridly pink ham.
Easter's Top Five Hams
Mark Scarbrough
March 30, 2010

Historical Examples of extruded

We tried plastics; they bubbled, melted, extruded, or burned.
Double or Nothing
Jack Sharkey
Well, when the time came for the lens to be extruded, it would not budge!
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia
M. E. Hume-Griffith
In the common toad as many as 7000 eggs may be extruded at a time.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1
Various
It also extruded itself into fine, wire-like strands on a moving object.
Tangle Hold
F. L. Wallace
She would have kissed myself and Ford if we had not extruded elbows.
The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories
E. M. Forster

British Dictionary definitions for extruded

extrude

verb

(tr) to squeeze or force out

(tr) to produce (moulded sections of plastic, metal, etc) by ejection under pressure through a suitably shaped nozzle or die

(tr) to chop up or pulverize (an item of food) and re-form it to look like a wholea factory-made rod of extruded egg

a less common word for protrude

Derived Formsextruded, adjective

Word Origin for extrude

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

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Word Origin and History for extruded

extrude

1560s, from Latin extrudere "to thrust out, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + trudere "to thrust" (see extrusion). Related: Extruded; extruding.

extruded in Medicine

extrude

[ĭk-strōōd′]

v.

To thrust, force, or press out.

To protrude or project.