extrude
Use Extrude in a sentence
verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to protrude.
4.
to be extruded: This metal extrudes easily.
Origin:
1560–70; < Latin extrūdere to thrust out, drive out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + trūdere to thrust, push
1560–70; < Latin extrūdere to thrust out, drive out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + trūdere to thrust, push
Related forms
ex·trud·er, noun
sə un·ex·trud·ed, adjective
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extrude (ɪkˈstruːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [C16: from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust] | |
| ex'truded | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
extrude
1560s, from L. extrudere, from ex- out + trudere to thrust (see extrusion). Related: Extruded; extruding.
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Medical Dictionary
extrude ex·trude (ĭk-str&oomacr;d')
v. ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing, ex·trudes
To thrust, force, or press out.
To protrude or project.
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Example sentences
As they develop inside your red blood cells, they extrude minute knobs onto the surface of the cells.
So it is good to paw over my tiresome routines and snap judgments, to extrude doubts and worries and clean out that hog barn.
Meanwhile he is rid of the tube and struggles to extrude vowels and consonants from his larynx.
Seismicity and deformation remain unchanged as lava continues to extrude onto the south crater floor.
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