What is the meaning of intrude?

Enter uninvited.
- usage: "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
- synonyms: irrupt
Enter unlawfully on someone's property.
- usage: "Don't trespass on my land"
- synonyms: trespass
Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.
- usage: "This guy is always nosing around the office"
- synonyms: horn in, pry, nose, poke
Thrust oneself in as if by force.
- usage: "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
- synonyms: obtrude

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