intrude
v.
interfere; push in, break in, thrust in; enter uninvited, trespass
Intrusion
intrude
Verb
1. enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
(synonym) irrupt
(hypernym) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
(hyponym) break in
(see-also) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
(derivation) trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
2. enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"
(synonym) trespass
(hypernym) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
(hyponym) break in, break
(derivation) trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation
3. thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
(synonym) obtrude
(hypernym) inflict, bring down, visit, impose
intrudere
v.
insert, place in, put in
Intrude
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To enter by force; to invade.
(v. t.)
The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
(v. i.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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