EXTRUDE

extrude, squeeze out

(verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening; “extrude steel”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

extrude (third-person singular simple present extrudes, present participle extruding, simple past and past participle extruded)

To push or thrust out.

(transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.

(transitive) To expel; to drive off.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] Etym: [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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