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extrude

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪkˈstɹuːd
  • ɛk-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːd
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S T R UW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To push or thrust out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To expel; to drive off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

form or shape by forcing through an opening

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • extrude steel

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squeeze out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, make, create

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արտամղել (artamġel) — to push or thrust out
  • Bulgarian: изтиквам (iztikvam) — to push or thrust out
  • Bulgarian: избутвам (izbutvam) — to push or thrust out
  • Finnish: pursua — to push or thrust out
  • Finnish: tursua — to push or thrust out
  • French: extruder — to push or thrust out
  • German: hinausdrängen — to push or thrust out
  • German: herausdrücken — to push or thrust out
  • German: rausdrücken — to push or thrust out
  • German: drücken — to push or thrust out
  • German: herauspressen — to push or thrust out
  • German: rauspressen — to push or thrust out
  • German: pressen — to push or thrust out
  • German: hinausstoßen — to push or thrust out
  • German: ausstoßen — to push or thrust out
  • Italian: estrudere — to push or thrust out
  • Māori: whakawhetē — to push or thrust out
  • Spanish: extrudir — to push or thrust out
  • Spanish: extruir — to push or thrust out
  • Bulgarian: щанцовам (štancovam) — to form or shape by forcing through a die
  • Danish: ekstrudere — to form or shape by forcing through a die
  • Finnish: pursottaa — to form or shape by forcing through a die
  • German: extrudieren — to form or shape by forcing through a die