extrude (redirected from extrudable)

ex·trude  (k-strd)

v. ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing, ex·trudes

v.tr.

1. To push or thrust out.

2. To shape (a plastic, for instance) by forcing it through a die.

v.intr.

To protrude or project.

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[Latin extrdere : ex-, ex- + trdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

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extrude [ɪkˈstruːd]

vb

1. (tr) to squeeze or force out

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to produce (moulded sections of plastic, metal, etc.) by ejection under pressure through a suitably shaped nozzle or die

3. (Cookery) (tr) to chop up or pulverize (an item of food) and re-form it to look like a whole a factory-made rod of extruded egg

4. a less common word for protrude

[from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust]

extruded  adj

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extrude - Its Latin base is trudere, "thrust."

See also related terms for thrust.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

extrude - form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel" squeeze out produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

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extrude

verb force out, expel, eject, squeeze out, thrust out, press out The aluminium is melted down and extruded through a die or cast in a mould.

Translations

extrude [eksˈtruːd] VT → extrudir

extrude

vt sb, sth → ausstoßen; metal → herauspressen; plastic → extrudieren

vi → herausstehen (from aus)