intrude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   thrust oneself in as if by force

   The colors don't intrude on the viewer

2. 2
   verb

   enter uninvited

   They intruded on our dinner party

3. 3
   verb

   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

4. 4
   verb

   search or inquire in a meddlesome way

5. 5
   verb

   enter unlawfully on someone's property

6. 6
   verb

   To force in.

Etymology

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