extrude

[ ik-strood ]
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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.

Origin of extrude

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

Other words from extrude

  • ex·trud·er, noun
  • ex·tru·si·ble [ik-stroo-suh-buhl, -zuh-], /ɪkˈstru sə bəl, -zə-/, ex·trud·a·ble, adjective
  • un·ex·trud·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for extrude

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

  1. (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

  2. a less common word for protrude

Origin of extrude

1
C16: from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust

Derived forms of extrude

  • extruded, adjective

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