Dictionary Entry
intrude
intrude is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another.
- 2transitive verb
To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
- 3transitive verb
To enter by force; to invade.
- 4transitive verb
The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
- 5verb
thrust oneself in as if by force
"The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
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- 6verb
enter uninvited
"They intruded on our dinner party"
"She irrupted into our sitting room"
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- 7verb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
- 8verb
enter unlawfully on someone's property
"Don't trespass on my land!"
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