extrude

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstɹuːd
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/ɪkˈstɹuːd · ɛk-/

Definition of extrude

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To push or thrust out.
    “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."”
    “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.”
    “When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.”
    “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.”
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verb

  1. To push or thrust out.
    “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."”
    “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.”
    “When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur.”
    “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.”
  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.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extrūdere.

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