'Thrust' definitions:
Definition of 'thrust'
From: WordNet
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceleration,
- actuate,
- advance,
- advance against,
- advance upon,
- afterburner,
- aggressiveness,
- animate,
- assault,
- atomic power,
- bang,
- bear,
- bear down upon,
- bear upon,
- bearing,
- best part,
- better part,
- body,
- boost,
- bowl,
- buck,
- bulk,
- bull,
- bulldoze,
- bump,
- bump against,
- bunt,
- burden,
- butt,
- butt against,
- cast,
- charge,
- chuck,
- clap,
- clout,
- compel,
- compulsion,
- core,
- counterattack,
- cram,
- crowd,
- cut,
- dash,
- dig,
- drive,
- drive on,
- driving force,
- elbow,
- electric power,
- electropower,
- embed,
- energy,
- enterprise,
- essence,
- exhaust,
- feint,
- fire,
- flank,
- fling,
- force,
- force upon,
- forward,
- fuel,
- gas,
- generality,
- get-up-and-go,
- getaway,
- ginger,
- gist,
- give an impetus,
- give momentum,
- goad,
- gravamen,
- head,
- home thrust,
- horsepower,
- hurl,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- hydraulic power,
- hydroelectric power,
- impale,
- impel,
- impellent,
- impelling force,
- impetus,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- incentive,
- incite,
- incitement,
- infiltrate,
- initiative,
- irresistible force,
- jab,
- jam,
- jet power,
- jet propulsion,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- kick,
- launch an attack,
- line of flight,
- liquid oxygen,
- lunge,
- main body,
- major part,
- majority,
- manpower,
- march against,
- march upon,
- mass,
- meat,
- moment,
- momentum,
- most,
- motivate,
- motive power,
- mount an attack,
- move,
- nuclear power,
- nudge,
- open an offensive,
- pass,
- pedal,
- pep,
- pepper,
- pickup,
- pierce,
- pile drive,
- piss and vinegar,
- piston power,
- pith,
- pizzazz,
- plank,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- plurality,
- poke,
- pole,
- poop,
- power,
- press,
- press on,
- press upon,
- pressure,
- prod,
- propel,
- propellant,
- propelling,
- propelment,
- propulsion,
- propulsion charge,
- pulsion,
- punch,
- purport,
- push,
- pushing,
- put,
- put in motion,
- quickening,
- ram,
- ram down,
- rattle,
- reaction propulsion,
- rocket power,
- rocket propulsion,
- roll,
- row,
- run,
- run against,
- sense,
- set agoing,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- shake,
- short,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- shoving,
- shunt,
- sink,
- slap,
- snap,
- solar power,
- speedup,
- spunk,
- stab,
- starch,
- steam power,
- step-up,
- stick,
- stress,
- strike,
- substance,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- swing,
- tamp,
- thermonuclear power,
- throw,
- thrust upon,
- toss,
- treadle,
- troll,
- trundle,
- upshot,
- urge,
- urge on,
- urge upon,
- verve,
- vim,
- water power,
- whip on,
- zing,
- zip
Words containing 'Thrust'
- Thrusting,
- To thrust from,
- To thrust in,
- To thrust off,
- To thrust on,
- To thrust out,
- To thrust through,
- To thrust to,
- thrust in,
- thrust out,
- Home thrust,
- Thrust bearing,
- Thrust plane,
- Thrusting screw,
- To thrust away,
- To thrust together,
- knife thrust,
- straight thrust,
- thrust ahead,
- thrust aside,
- thrust back,
- thrust fault,
- thrust stage,
- To thrust one's nose into,
- To thrust one's self in,
- To thrust one's self into,
- cut-and-thrust,
- orange-breasted thrust