Found 2 items, similar to intrude.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: intrude
intrude
v 1: enter uninvited;
“They intruded on our dinner party”;
“She
irrupted into our sitting room” [syn:
irrupt]
2: enter unlawfully on someone's property;
“Don't trespass on
my land!” [syn:
trespass]
3: thrust oneself in as if by force;
“The colors don't intrude
on the viewer” [syn:
obtrude]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Intrude
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.
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Thy wit wants edge
And manners, to intrude where I am graced. --Shak.
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Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun
them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. --I.
Watts.
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Intrude
\In*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Intruded; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Intruding.]
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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.
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2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.]
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Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud? --Shak.
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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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