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noun
- an encroachment or intrusion
- an invasion or hostile attack
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.
- (military, also figuratively) An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
verb
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- impinge or infringe upon
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- fortify by surrounding with trenches
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- set, plant, or bury in a trench
- cut or carve deeply into
- dig a trench or trenches
noun
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- any long ditch cut in the ground
verb
- To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
- impinge or infringe upon
- (military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
- To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
- To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.
- (construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
- (literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
- fix firmly or securely
- occupy a trench or secured area
verb
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
- To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
- To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
- (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
- (transitive) To move into.
- (transitive) To infest or overrun.
noun
verb
- To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.
- To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.1) with authority.
- To practise deceit or stealth; to cheat, to deceive, to trick.
- To affect authoritatively or forcefully; to influence strongly.
- compel to behave in a certain way
- impose something unpleasant
- impose and collect
noun
- One who intrudes and takes over.
- (derogatory, neologism) A white person.
- One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
- One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
- (ecology) A species that establishes itself in a new area.
- someone who helps to found a colony
verb
adj
noun
noun
- An incursion; an inroad.
- (countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.
- (astronomy, uncountable) Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma
- The act or process of falling in.
verb
verb
- To intrude or interrupt.
- (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
- To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
- To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
- (transitive, slang) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (someone) a share of something.
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
- (intransitive, slang) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.
- To take up a portion of.
- allow someone to have a share or profit
- interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
- drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably
- mix in with cutting motions
- break into a conversation
noun
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
noun
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
verb
- To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
- (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
- (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
- strain excessively
noun
- (specifically) The gradual and nefarious encroachment of one state's control into a disputed or neighboring territory by means of erecting illegitimate infrastructure, military presence, or administrative measures such as detainment.
- The establishment or demarcation of a border; or the process of doing so by militarizing or otherwise fortifying it, often to alter its status or restrict movement.
verb
- To burgeon so as to exceed a limit.
- To stumble and fall over
- (electronics) To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.
- To tip a balance.
- To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)
noun
adj
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- Officious; meddling.
- actively or fully engaged or occupied
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
- Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
verb
noun
verb
- entrap
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
- (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.
verb
noun
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
- An undesirable situation; a predicament.
- Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
verb
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- simple past of overlie
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
verb
noun
- (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
adj
- gradually intrusive without right or permission
- marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
- involving invasion or aggressive attack
- relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
- (medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
- Originating externally.
- Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
- Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
- (pathology) Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.
- (biology) Of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
- (military, also figuratively) That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.
noun
noun
- That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
- An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
- (law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
- An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
- any entry into an area not previously occupied
- influencing strongly
- entry to another's property without right or permission
noun
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
- (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
- (transitive, law, especially New Zealand) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
- make excessive use of
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- break the law
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
noun
verb
- To become pervaded with something.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
noun
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- An amount that fills a container.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
- any material that fills a space or container
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
verb
noun
- an encroachment or intrusion
- an invasion or hostile attack
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.
- (military, also figuratively) An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
noun
noun
- One who intrudes and takes over.
- (derogatory, neologism) A white person.
- One who establishes a colony; one who joins a colony or is born and raised there.
- One who makes a group or place into a colony; one who establishes a colonial relationship.
- (ecology) A species that establishes itself in a new area.
- someone who helps to found a colony
noun
- An incursion; an inroad.
- (countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.
- (astronomy, uncountable) Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma
- The act or process of falling in.
verb
noun
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
noun
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
noun
- (specifically) The gradual and nefarious encroachment of one state's control into a disputed or neighboring territory by means of erecting illegitimate infrastructure, military presence, or administrative measures such as detainment.
- The establishment or demarcation of a border; or the process of doing so by militarizing or otherwise fortifying it, often to alter its status or restrict movement.
noun
- That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
- An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
- (law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
- An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
- any entry into an area not previously occupied
- influencing strongly
- entry to another's property without right or permission
noun
noun
verb
verb
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- impinge or infringe upon
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- fortify by surrounding with trenches
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- set, plant, or bury in a trench
- cut or carve deeply into
- dig a trench or trenches
noun
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- any long ditch cut in the ground
verb
- To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
- impinge or infringe upon
- (military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
- To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
- To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.
- (construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
- (literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
- fix firmly or securely
- occupy a trench or secured area
verb
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
- To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
- To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
- (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
- (transitive) To move into.
- (transitive) To infest or overrun.
verb
- To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.
- To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.1) with authority.
- To practise deceit or stealth; to cheat, to deceive, to trick.
- To affect authoritatively or forcefully; to influence strongly.
- compel to behave in a certain way
- impose something unpleasant
- impose and collect
verb
adj
noun
verb
- To intrude or interrupt.
- (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
- To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
- To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
- (transitive, slang) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (someone) a share of something.
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
- (intransitive, slang) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.
- To take up a portion of.
- allow someone to have a share or profit
- interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
- drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably
- mix in with cutting motions
- break into a conversation
verb
- To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
- (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
- (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
- strain excessively
verb
- To burgeon so as to exceed a limit.
- To stumble and fall over
- (electronics) To be oversensitive in triggering a fail-safe mechanism, especially to incorrectly activate or trip a circuit breaker.
- To tip a balance.
- To move where another is also moving or occur at the same time as another is occurring; to fail to coordinate (with)
noun
verb
- entrap
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
- (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
- (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.
verb
noun
- a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- deep soft mud in water or slush
- A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
- An undesirable situation; a predicament.
- Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
verb
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- simple past of overlie
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- kill by lying on
- put something on top of something else
noun
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- A covering over something else.
- protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
verb
noun
- (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
verb
- (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
- (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
- (transitive, law, especially New Zealand) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
- make excessive use of
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- break the law
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
noun
verb
- To become pervaded with something.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
noun
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- An amount that fills a container.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
- any material that fills a space or container
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
verb
adj
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- Officious; meddling.
- actively or fully engaged or occupied
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
- Having much work to do; having much to get done.
- Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
- Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
verb
noun
adj
- gradually intrusive without right or permission
- marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
- involving invasion or aggressive attack
- relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
- (medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
- Originating externally.
- Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
- Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
- (pathology) Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.
- (biology) Of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
- (military, also figuratively) That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.