ob|trude

ob|trude «uhb TROOD», verb, -trud|ed, -trud|ing.

–v.t.

1. to put forward unasked and unwanted; force: »

Don't obtrude your opinions on others. He wouldn't obtrude his assistance, if it were declined (John L. Motley).

2. to push out; thrust forward: »

A turtle obtrudes its head from its shell.

SYNONYM(S): project, protrude.

–v.i.

to come unasked and unwanted; force oneself; intrude: »

imagination…that forward, delusive faculty, ever obtruding beyond its sphere (Joseph Butler). The remembrance that our poor captain was lying dead in the cabin was constantly obtruding (Frederick Marryat).

╂[< Latin obtrūdere < ob- toward + trūdere to thrust]

–ob|trud´er, noun.