| intrude | (v) enter uninvited, See also: intrude on, Syn. irrupt, Example: They intruded on our dinner party; She irrupted into our sitting room |
| intrude | (v) search or inquire in a meddlesome way, See also: nose out, Syn. horn in, nose, poke, pry, Example: This guy is always nosing around the office |
| intrude | (v) thrust oneself in as if by force, Syn. obtrude, Example: The colors don't intrude on the viewer |
| intrude on | (v) to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate, Syn. invade, encroach upon, obtrude upon, Example: This new colleague invades my territory; The neighbors intrude on your privacy |
| intruder | (n) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission, Syn. trespasser, interloper |
| intrusion | (n) entrance by force or without permission or welcome |
| intrusion | (n) the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation |
| intrusion | (n) rock produced by an intrusive process |
| intrusive | (adj) tending to intrude (especially upon privacy), Ant. unintrusive, Example: she felt her presence there was intrusive |
| intrusive | (adj) of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock, Ant. extrusive |
| Intrude | v. t. Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrude | 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; Thy wit wants edge Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intruded | p. a. (Geol.) Same as Intrusive. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intruder | n. They were all strangers and intruders. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrudress | n. A female intruder. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrunk | v. t. To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [ R. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrusion | n. [ Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Why this intrusion? |
| Intrusional | a. Of or pertaining to intrusion. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrusionist | n. One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Intrusive | a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Intrusion { f } [ geol. ] | intrusion [Add to Longdo] |
| Intrusivgestein { n } [ geol. ] | instrusive rock [Add to Longdo] |
| intrusiv { adj } | intrusive [Add to Longdo] |