THRUST

drive, thrust, driving force

(noun) the act of applying force to propel something; “after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”

jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting

(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”

stab, thrust, knife thrust

(noun) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; “one strong stab to the heart killed him”

thrust

(noun) verbal criticism; “he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”

push, thrust

(noun) the force used in pushing; “the push of the water on the walls of the tank”; “the thrust of the jet engines”

force, thrust

(verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; “She forced her diet fads on him”

pierce, thrust

(verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

throw, thrust

(verb) place or put with great energy; “She threw the blanket around the child”; “thrust the money in the hands of the beggar”

thrust

(verb) push forcefully; “He thrust his chin forward”

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

(verb) make a thrusting forward movement

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

(verb) press or force; “Stuff money into an envelope”; “She thrust the letter into his hand”

thrust, push up

(verb) push upward; “The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”

thrust

(verb) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

thrust (countable and uncountable, plural thrusts)

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

Synonyms

• (push, stab, or lunge forward): break, dart, grab

• (force generated by propulsion): lift, push

• (primary effort or goal): focus, gist, point

Verb

thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrusted or thrust)

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

(transitive) To force something upon someone.

(transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

(transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.

(intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Synonyms

• (advance with force): attack, charge, rush

• (force upon someone): compel, charge, force

• (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully): dart, reach, stab

Anagrams

• 'struth, Hurtts, struth, thurst, truths

Source: Wiktionary

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Thrust, n. & v.

Definition: Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser.

Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] Etym: [OE. , , , Icel. 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. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. Milton.

2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. To thrust away or 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 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.

Thrust, v. i.

1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. And thrust between my father and the god. Dryden.

3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." Chapman. To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. Spenser.

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. [Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. Dryden.

2. An attack; an assault. One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. Dr. H. More.

3. (Mech.)

Definition: 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.

4. (Mining)

Definition: The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. 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.

Syn.

– Push; shove; assault; attack. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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