intrude, obtrude
(verb) thrust oneself in as if by force; “The colors don’t intrude on the viewer”
intrude, irrupt
(verb) enter uninvited; “They intruded on our dinner party”; “She irrupted into our sitting room”
intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke
(verb) search or inquire in a meddlesome way; “This guy is always nosing around the office”
trespass, intrude
(verb) enter unlawfully on someone’s property; “Don’t trespass on my land!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
• I. Watts
(transitive) To force in.
• turdine, untired, untride, untried
Source: Wiktionary
In*trude", v. i. Etym: [L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.]
Definition: 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. Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts.
In*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding.]
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.
2. To enter by force; to invade. [Obs.] Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud Shak.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
Syn.
– To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
