intrude
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- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
/ɪnˈtɹuːd/
Definition of intrude
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)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.”
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verb
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(intransitive)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.”
- (transitive)To force in.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Words you can make from intrude
133 playable · top: TURDINE (8 pts)
Best play turdine 8 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
26 words- DINER 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- INDUE 6 pts
- NUDER 6 pts
- NUDIE 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TENDU 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- TIRED 6 pts
- TREND 6 pts
- TRIED 6 pts
- TRUED 6 pts
- TUNED 6 pts
- UNDER 6 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- INURE 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- RUTIN 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
- TUNER 5 pts
- UNITE 5 pts
- UNTIE 5 pts
- URINE 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
4-letter words
47 words- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DIRT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DUET 5 pts
- DUIT 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- DUNT 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- IRED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NUDE 5 pts
- NURD 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- RIDE 5 pts
- RIND 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- TURD 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RUIN 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUI 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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