intrude

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɹuːd/

Definition of intrude

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (transitive)To force in.

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Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Anagrams of intrude

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15 words

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