Antonyms for extrude


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-strood
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstrud


Definition of extrude

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin extrudere "to thrust out, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + trudere "to thrust" (see extrusion). Related: Extruded; extruding.
  • verb force out
Example sentences :
  • But he was not so absorbed in his self and his purpose as to extrude all thoughts of those who were dear to him.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • He notes the familiar fact that the vine-stump absorbed water before it began to extrude it.
  • Extract from : « Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists » by Various
  • When does one and the same mirror seem now to withdraw the image into its depths, now to extrude it forth to view?
  • Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
  • The pieces of cotton cloth are then carefully pressed to extrude the oil.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Pupipara: a series of Diptera, in which the females do not extrude the young until they have reached the stage ready to pupate.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • In a few seconds the Synapta began to extrude its feathery gills, which had been partly retracted on disturbance.
  • Extract from : « Tropic Days » by E. J. Banfield
  • What is lacking is an authority which can impose commands on the in-group and extrude blood revenge from it.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Ye have power, it is true, to extrude me from this new world, but my presence will be a bane to you in the old.
  • Extract from : « The Knight of the Golden Melice » by John Turvill Adams
  • The swollen thumb is supported by a dorsoventrally flattened spine that does not extrude through the skin.
  • Extract from : « A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla » by William E. Duellman

Synonyms for extrude

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