[in-trood] 
verb, -trud⋅ed, -trud⋅ing.| 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. |
| 4. | to thrust oneself without permission or welcome: to intrude upon their privacy. |
| in·trude (ĭn-trōōd') v. in·trud·ed, in·trud·ing, in·trudes v. tr.
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. |
