intrude
(verb)
verb
1. enter uninvited
- They intruded on our dinner party
- She irrupted into our sitting room
Similar word(s): irrupt
Definition categories: motion, enter
2. enter unlawfully on someone's property
Similar word(s): trespass, trespass
Definition categories: social, breach, break, infract, offend, transgress, violate
3. search or inquire in a meddlesome way
Similar word(s): nose, poke, pry
Definition categories: perception, look, search
4. thrust oneself in as if by force
- The colors don't intrude on the viewer
Similar word(s): obtrude
Definition categories: communication, impose, inflict, visit
Sentences with intrude as a verb:
- to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another