different between intruse vs intrude

English

Adjective

intruse

1. (botany) Pushed or projecting inward.

References

• intruse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nutsier, ruinest, uniters, untiers

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Noun

intruse f

1. plural of intrusa

Verb

intruse

1. third-person singular past historic indicative of intrudere

Anagrams

• resunti
• strenui

Spanish

Verb

intruse

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of intrusar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of intrusar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of intrusar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of intrusar.

English

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple 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.

Derived terms

• intruder
• intrusion

Related terms

Translations

See also

• invade

Anagrams

• turdine, untired, untride, untried

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

intrude

1. third-person singular present indicative of intrudere