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to extrude

to extrude

5 7.6
To push soft material through a shaped hole to make a long piece like a pipe
  • verb
  • /ɪkˈstruːd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : extruir
  • You can use a 3D printer to extrude layers of plastic to create a model.
  • extruded aluminum
  • extruded mesh
  • extruded plastic

They're they're, they're extruded in this process of how they create them.

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Examples

  • There, machines operating from instructions fed to them by laptop computers slowly extruded plastic to form three-dimensional objects.

    Academic text (2011)

  • This extruder can be faced with different dies to mold different shapes; almost an infinite variety of shapes can be extruded.

    Future by Design (2006)

  • And now we can just extrude the the blue part down.

  • There was no software that could extrude these complex net forms and model them with gravity, so we had to create it.

  • However, in the future, it may be possible to extrude complete apartment houses, apartment building units or modules.

    Future by Design (2006)

  • The material seems to extrude out the end of the tunnel," he said.

    Academic text (2001)

  • And then we can carry on extruding that out to get the other features.

  • Controlling this motor speed can determine the extruding velocity.

    Computerphile

  • The machine clattered in response and extruded a long strip of connected prints.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The ISO 9001:2000-certified company can now extrude aluminum to produce a wider range of parts.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

to squeeze out
vsto extrude
  • Specialized
4.0

To push material through an opening to make a shape

is the same meaning but expressed as a single technical word

How Forceful

to expel
194 5.0
to eject
32 4.2
to extrude
  • Specialized
5 7.6
push
138 1.0
squeeze
12 1.5
press
11 1.3

Surface Forms

extrude infinitive
extruded past
extruded past participle
extruding present participle
extrudes third person singular

Morphology

extrude = trude (semi-transparent) = ex + trude

The prefix 'ex-' means 'out' (clear), but the root '-trude'/'-trud(e)' is not a common standalone English word, so learners may not reliably infer the meaning from components alone.

Etymology

Extrude comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and trudere 'to push'. Think of squeezing toothpaste or pasta dough through a shaped hole — you are forcing the material 'out', which is why to extrude means to form something by pushing it through an opening.