extrude
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banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out
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The syrups are blended into the custard for a custom flavor, which is extruded into a swirl shape. — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, "Scotties Frozen Custard wants you to know the custard at its roadside stand is the real deal," 23 Aug. 2019 This one has that magnetic barcode pattern going right through it, a strong sign that it was created by magma extruding itself out of ocean ridges. — Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, "This is now the world's largest volcano, geologists say," 15 July 2019 The membrane is a web of polyester fibers, extruded from 220,000 tiny nozzles and laid in a sheet. — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, "On the Slopes in the North Face Futurelight Shell," 10 June 2019 Make sure that the gaskets are above the tray for a watertight seal, and that the nipples extrude beneath it. — Daniel Kluko, Popular Mechanics, "How to Grow Hydroponic Plants at Home," 13 Feb. 2017 To give the benches their intertwined appearance, a six-axis robot extruded a continuous stream of concrete in a wavering motion, building up one layer of material on top of the next. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "These 3D-printed concrete benches look woven," 29 Aug. 2018 The Studio system uses a nozzle to extrude metal powders mixed with a polymer binder to form a three-dimensional object. — Jason Pontin, WIRED, "3D Printing Is the Future of Factories (for Real This Time)," 11 July 2018 That code determines where the printer moves along its track, extruding 3⁄4-inch-thick layers of concrete like icing on a cake. — Andrea Powell, WIRED, "How to 3-D Print an Entire House in a Single Day," 11 July 2018 Machines can’t extrude molten metal the way desktop 3D printers squirt polymers, because the machines would have to operate at temperatures of more than several thousand degrees Fahrenheit. — Jason Pontin, WIRED, "3D Printing Is the Future of Factories (for Real This Time)," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extrude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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