extrude
verb /ɪkˈstruːd/
/ɪkˈstruːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extrude | /ɪkˈstruːd/ /ɪkˈstruːd/ |
| he / she / it extrudes | /ɪkˈstruːdz/ /ɪkˈstruːdz/ |
| past simple extruded | /ɪkˈstruːdɪd/ /ɪkˈstruːdɪd/ |
| past participle extruded | /ɪkˈstruːdɪd/ /ɪkˈstruːdɪd/ |
| -ing form extruding | /ɪkˈstruːdɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstruːdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] extrude (something) (from something) (formal) to force or push something out of something; to be forced or pushed in this way
- Lava is extruded from the volcano.
- [transitive] extrude something (specialist) to shape metal or plastic by forcing it through a hole
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin extrudere, from ex- ‘out’ + trudere ‘to thrust’.