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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Word of the Day

20 June 2024

INSIGNIFICANTLY

(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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