intrude
verbattested in dialogue
- //ɪnˈtɹuːd//
To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
verb
- 1
To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning.
Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
An American "SR-71" high-speed and high-altitude reconnaissance plane intruded 33 miles within the military security line east of Kosong County of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea yesterday for espionage and hostile acts, according to KCNA.
- 2
To force in.
Etymology
From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Forms
- past tense
- intruded
- past participle
- intruded
- present participle
- intruding
- third person singular
- intrudes
intrude · To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
intruder · Someone who intrudes.intruding · intrusionintrusion · The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or…