intrude

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɹuːd/

Verb

intrude (intrudes, present participle intruding; past and past participle intruded)

1. (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

   to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another

   • I. Watts

     Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.

2. (transitive) To force in.

Translations

• German: eindringen, stören, eindrängen
• Italian: irrompere
• Portuguese: invadir
• Russian: меша́ть
• Spanish: meterse

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