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in⋅trude

  [in-trood] verb, -trud⋅ed, -trud⋅ing.
Use intrude in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
2. Geology. to thrust or force into.
3. to install (a cleric) in a church contrary to the wishes of its members.
–verb (used without object)
4. to thrust oneself without permission or welcome: to intrude upon their privacy.
Origin:
1525–35; < L intrūdere to push in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + trūdere to push

Related forms:
in⋅trud⋅er, noun
in⋅trud⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. interfere, interlope. See trespass.
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in·trude   (ĭn-trōōd')   
v.   in·trud·ed, in·trud·ing, in·trudes

v.   tr.
  1. To put or force in inappropriately, especially without invitation, fitness, or permission: intruded opinion into a factual report.
  2. Geology To thrust (molten rock) into preexisting rock.
v.   intr.
To come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element: "Unpleasant realities have intruded on [his] presidential dreams" (Alexander Stille).

[Middle English intruden, from Latin intrūdere, intrūs-, to thrust in : in-, in; see in-2 + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]
in·trud'er n.
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Intrude

In*trude"\, v. i. [L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.

Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. --Shak.

Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. --I. Watts.

Intrude

In*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding.]

1. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.

2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.]

Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud? --Shak.

3. (Geol.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.

Syn: To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude.
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Language Translation for : intrude
Spanish: entrometerse; molestar,
German: stören,eindringen,
Japanese: じゃまする
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Main Entry: in·trude
Pronunciation: in-'trüd
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: in·trud·ed; in·trud·ing
intransitive verb 1 : to enter by intrusion
2 : ENCROACH intrudes on a person's privacy> transitive verb : to encroach on or upon without permission or right —in·trud·er noun
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