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extrude en · VERB

Pronunciation

• ɛk-/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪkˈstɹuːd

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *trewd-der. Proto-Italic *troudō Latin trūdō Latin extrūderebor. English extrude Borrowed from Latin extrūdere.

Meanings

1. To push or thrust out.
   • 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. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 6:
   • When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur. 2015, Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron, 3D Printing with MatterControl, page 153:
   • 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. 2017, Richard Horne, 3D Printing For Dummies:
   • 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." 1967, M.R. Calton, Welding of Dispersion-Strengthened Alloys, US Patent 3477117, page 6:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

unextruded · extrudite · overextrude · pultrude · extrudable · underextrude · extrudate · coextrude · extrudability

Relateds

extrusion · extruder

Translations (23)

de extrudieren (to form or shape by forcing through a die) · da ekstrudere (to form or shape by forcing through a die) · de herausdrücken (to push or thrust out) · de hinausstoßen (to push or thrust out) · de ausstoßen (to push or thrust out) · de rausdrücken (to push or thrust out) · bg щанцовам (to form or shape by forcing through a die) · es extrudir (to push or thrust out) · fr extruder (to push or thrust out) · mi whakawhetē (to push or thrust out) · fi tursua (to push or thrust out) · bg избутвам (to push or thrust out) · hy արտամղել (to push or thrust out) · fi pursottaa (to form or shape by forcing through a die) · de drücken (to push or thrust out) · fi pursua (to push or thrust out) · de pressen (to push or thrust out) · it estrudere (to push or thrust out) · de rauspressen (to push or thrust out) · de hinausdrängen (to push or thrust out) · bg изтиквам (to push or thrust out) · de herauspressen (to push or thrust out) · es extruir (to push or thrust out)