Word
abstrude
Phoneticsab·strude
Definition
v. to push something forward or force it out. This is an old word that people rarely use today.
v. to thrust forward or force out; to push something into a position.
Examples
“The old sailor abstruded his chest proudly.”
“In the old play, the hero abstrudes his sword to show his strength to the crowd.”
“The archaic text describes the king abstruding his scepter toward the horizon as a signal for the army to advance.”
Examples
simple
“The old sailor abstruded his chest proudly.”
contextual
“In the old play, the hero abstrudes his sword to show his strength to the crowd.”
complex
“The archaic text describes the king abstruding his scepter toward the horizon as a signal for the army to advance.”
Etymology
From Latin abstrūdō (“push away, hide”). See abstruse.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scan code
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