extrude

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See also: extrudé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extrūdere.

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Verb

extrude (third-person singular simple present extrudes, present participle extruding, simple past and past participle extruded)

  1. To push or thrust out.
    • 1967, M.R. Calton, Welding of Dispersion-Strengthened Alloys, US Patent 3477117, page 6:
      It is theorized that when the surface velocity is below certain minimum values the material at the interface between workpieces WP-1 and WP-2 rolls up and extrudes from the interface in the form of long twisted cylindrical projections which are sometimes referred to as "dingle-berries."
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 6:
      Fire salamanders, which are common on forested hillsides in southern and central Europe, extrude secretions onto their skin containing a neurotoxic alkaloid, Samandarin, when they think they are under attack.
    • 2015, Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron, 3D Printing with MatterControl, page 153:
      When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.
    • 2017, Richard Horne, 3D Printing For Dummies:
      Researchers at the University of Warwick have created conductive polycaprolactone (PCL)-based filament by mixing carbon black into melted plastic before it's extruded as filament; they call the result carbomorph.
  2. (transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.
  3. (transitive) To expel; to drive off.

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French

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extrude

  1. inflection of extruder:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

extrūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of extrūdō

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsˈtɾude/
  • Rhymes: -ude
  • Syllabification: ex‧tru‧de

Verb

extrude

  1. inflection of extrudir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative