thrust
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (5)
- the force used in pushing“the push of the water on the walls of the tank”“the thrust of the jet engines”Synonyms: push
- a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument“one strong stab to the heart killed him”Synonyms: stabknife thrust
- the act of applying force to propel something“after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”Synonyms: drivedriving force
- verbal criticism“he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians”
- 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: jabjabbingpokepokingthrusting
Verb (8)
- push forcefully“He thrust his chin forward”
- press or force“Stuff money into an envelope”“She thrust the letter into his hand”Synonyms: stuffshovesqueeze
- make a thrusting forward movementSynonyms: lungehurlhurtle
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably“She forced her diet fads on him”Synonyms: force
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrumentSynonyms: pierce
- force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- push upward“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
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]
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]