extrude
verb (used with object)
to thrust out; force or press out; expel.
extruding
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present participleof extrude.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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One of those is 3D printing, which involves extruding concrete or other materials to build up the walls of a house.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
By first dissolving the peptides in water and then extruding them into a salty solution, they were able to create aligned peptide nanofibers -- like twisted strands of rope smaller than a cell.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
A blustery snowstorm is a tight knot of dancers, dressed in winter whites, alternately engulfing and extruding passersby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2019
It was a deceptively simple-looking open-sided box with a nozzle for extruding fine threads of plastic — over the course of minutes or hours, those threads would be painstakingly layered to form an object.
From The Verge ● Dec. 10, 2019
I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
