contruding

Verb

contrude (third-person singular simple present contrudes, present participle contruding, simple past and past participle contruded)

1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) to crowd or push together (in senses relating to teeth)
   • She now needed braces, as her teeth were contruded.
   1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) to create an abnormal inward curve of any portion of the line of the dental arch
2. (intransitive, transitive) to cause a downward or inward curve line of the strata
3. (intransitive, rare, transitive) to motivate; to influence
   • Nothing contrudes him to behave!
4. (intransitive, transitive) to envisage; to imagine
   • Contrude you were the king.
5. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) to thrust or crowd together; to cram
   • We were too tired to take the stairs and decided to contrude ourselves into the small elevator.