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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTRU'DE, v.t. [L. extrudo; ex and trudo, to thrust.
1. To thrust out; to urge, force or press out; to expel; as, to extrude a fetus.
2. To drive away; to drive off.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel" [syn: extrude, squeeze out]

Merriam Webster's

verb (extruded; extruding) Etymology: Latin extrudere, from ex- + trudere to thrust — more at threat Date: 1566 transitive verb 1. to force, press, or push out 2. to shape (as metal or plastic) by forcing through a die intransitive verb to become extruded • extrudability noun • extrudable adjective • extruder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (foll. by from) thrust or force out. 2 shape metal, plastics, etc. by forcing them through a die. Derivatives: extrusion n. extrusile adj. extrusive adj. Etymology: L extrudere extrus- (as EX-(1), trudere thrust)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Extrude Ex*trude", v. t. (Metallurgy) To shape or form by forcing metal heated to a semi-plastic condition through dies by the use of hydraulic power; as, extruded metal, extruded rods, extruded shapes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Extrude Ex*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. ``Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin.'' --Coleridge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(extrudes, extruding, extruded) If a substance is extruded, it is forced or squeezed out through a small opening. (TECHNICAL) These crystals are then embedded in a plastic, and the plastic is extruded as a wire... I work in the extruded tube business. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Expel, eject, push out, force out, thrust out.

Moby Thesaurus

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