EXTRUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extrude mean? 

• EXTRUDE (verb)
  The verb EXTRUDE has 1 sense:

1. form or shape by forcing through an opening

  Familiarity information: EXTRUDE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRUDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they extrude    ... he / she / it extrudes   
Past simple: extruded   
Past participle: extruded   
-ing form: extruding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form or shape by forcing through an opening

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

extrude; squeeze out

Context example:

extrude steel

Hypernyms (to "extrude" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

extrusion (squeezing out by applying pressure)

extrusive (of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface)

 Context examples 

Various high-molecular-weight thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers that are capable of being molded, extruded, drawn, or otherwise shaped and then hardened into a form.

(Plastic, NCI Thesaurus)

It differentiates into a reticulocyte when it extrudes its nucleus.

(Orthochromatophilic Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)

P-glycoproteins act as pumps able to extrude drugs from cells at the cost of ATP hydrolysis.

(Multidrug Resistance Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fabric or a narrow extruded synthetic material usually with an adhesive on one or both sides, impregnated with active and inert ingredient(s) .

(Medicated Tape Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)