'Thrust' definitions:

Definition of 'thrust'

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noun
The force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn: push, thrust]
noun
A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: stab, thrust, knife thrust]
noun
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: drive, thrust, driving force]
noun
Verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
noun
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting]
verb
Push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
verb
Press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze]
verb
Make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust]
verb
Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" [syn: force, thrust]
verb
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: pierce, thrust]
verb
Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
verb
Push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head- on thrust up into the air" [syn: thrust, push up]
verb
Place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" [syn: throw, thrust]

Definition of 'Thrust'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrust \Thrust\, v. i.
  • 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. [1913 Webster]
  • And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thrust'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrust \Thrust\, n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thrust'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
  • 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. [1913 Webster]
  • To thrust away or To thrust from, to push away; to reject.
  • To thrust in, to push or drive in.
  • To thrust off, to push away.
  • To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
  • To thrust one's self in or To thrust one's self into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.
  • To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.
  • To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." --Shak.
  • To thrust together, to compress. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thrust'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
  • 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. [1913 Webster]
  • To thrust away or To thrust from, to push away; to reject.
  • To thrust in, to push or drive in.
  • To thrust off, to push away.
  • To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
  • To thrust one's self in or To thrust one's self into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.
  • To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel.
  • To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." --Shak.
  • To thrust together, to compress. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thrust'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrust \Thrust\, n.
  • 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing. [1913 Webster]
  • [Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An attack; an assault. [1913 Webster]
  • One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mech.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. [1913 Webster]
  • Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
  • Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Push; shove; assault; attack.
  • Usage: Thrust, Push, Shove. Push and shove usually imply the application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust, often, but not always, implies the impulse or application of force by a body which is in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'thrust'

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