thrust
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (8)thrusts, thrusting
- push forcefully“He thrust his chin forward”More general push, forceMore specific force, jab, ram, shoulder, punch, dig, stab, boost
- press or force“Stuff money into an envelope”“She thrust the letter into his hand”Synonyms: stuffshovesqueezeMore general push, force
- make a thrusting forward movementSynonyms: lungehurlhurtleMore general moveMore specific dart, riposte
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably“She forced her diet fads on him”Synonyms: forceMore general compel, obligeMore specific stick, sting
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrumentSynonyms: pierceMore general penetrate, perforateMore specific transfix, center punch, gore, lance, stick, peg, horn
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rockMore general push, forceSimilar push up
- push violently in a specified direction“The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”Synonyms: push up
- place or put with great energy“She threw the blanket around the child”“thrust the money in the hands of the beggar”Synonyms: throw
Noun (5)thrusts
- the force used in pushing“the push of the water on the walls of the tank”“the thrust of the jet engines”Synonyms: pushType of force
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument“one strong stab to the heart killed him”Synonyms: stabknife thrustType of blowKinds remise, lunge
- the act of applying force to propel something“after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”Synonyms: drivedriving forceType of propulsion, actuationKinds impulse, firewall
- verbal criticism“he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”Type of criticism, unfavorable judgment
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)“he warned me with a jab with his finger”“he made a thrusting motion with his fist”Synonyms: jabjabbingpokepokingthrustingType of gesture
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Thrist. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Origin: 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.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.— John Milton
2. To stab; to pierce; — usually with through.
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.” William Shakespeare — To thrust together, to compress.
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.— John Dryden
3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. “Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.” George Chapman
To thrust to, to rush upon. obsolete
As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.— Edmund Spenser
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.— John Dryden
2. An attack; an assault.
One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.— Dr. Henry More
3. Mechanics The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially Architecture, a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.
4. Mining 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 Geology, the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
Synonyms: 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54