Standard Lemma guide
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
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adj
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
epenthetic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adjective
tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: unintrusive
adjective
thrusting inward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: protrusive
adjective
of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: extrusive
History
Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
