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