Thrust

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To push or drive quickly and forcibly. See Synonyms at push.
  • v. To issue or extend: poplars thrusting their branches upward; thrust out his finger.
  • v. To force into a specified condition or situation: She thrust herself through the crowd. He was thrust into a position of awesome responsibility.
  • v. To include or interpolate improperly.
  • v. To force on an unwilling or improper recipient: "Some have greatness thrust upon them” ( Shakespeare).
  • v. Archaic To stab; pierce.
  • verb-intransitive. To shove something into or at something else; push.
  • verb-intransitive. To pierce or stab with or as if with a pointed weapon.
  • verb-intransitive. To force one's way.
  • n. A forceful shove or push.
  • n. A driving force or pressure.
  • n. The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases.
  • n. A piercing movement made with or as if with a pointed weapon; a stab.
  • n. The essence; the point: The whole thrust of the project was to make money.
  • n. Architecture Outward or lateral stress in a structure, as that exerted by an arch or vault.
  • n. An attack or assault, especially by an armed force.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
  • n. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
  • n. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
  • n. The primary effort; the goal.
  • v. To make advance with force.
  • v. To force something upon someone.
  • v. To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-and-verb. Thrist.
  • v. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove.
  • v. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon.
  • verb-intransitive. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
  • verb-intransitive. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
  • n. 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.
  • n. An attack; an assault.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geology, a compressive strain in the crust of the earth, which, in its most characteristic development, produces reversed or thrust faults.
  • n. In marine engineering, the force exerted endwise on a propeller shaft to drive a vessel ahead.
  • n. Abbreviation of thrust-bearing, thrust-block, or thrust-box.
  • n. See the extract.
  • To push forcibly; shove; force: as, to thrust a hand into one's pocket, or one's feet into slippers; to thrust a stick into the sand: usually followed by from, in, off, away, or other adverb or preposition.
  • Figuratively, to drive; force; compel.
  • To press; pack; jam.
  • To stab; pierce.
  • To protrude; cause to project.
  • To push forward; advance, in space or time.
  • To stick out; protrude.
  • To force out.
  • Synonyms Thrust is stronger. more energetic, than push or drive, and represents a more dignified act than shove. No other distinction really exists among these words.
  • To push or drive with or as with a pointed weapon.
  • To push one's self; force a way or passage.
  • To crowd, or assemble in crowds; press in; throng.
  • To rush; make a dash.
  • n. A violent push or drive, as with a pointed weapon pushed in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with an instrument; a stab; as a term of fence, in general, any attack by a fencer with a point.
  • n. Attack; assault.
  • n. In mech., the stress which acts between two contiguous bodies, or parts of a body, when each pushes the other from itself.
  • n. In coal-mining, a crushing of the pillars caused by excess of weight of the superincumbent rocks, the floor being harder than the roof.
  • n. The white whey which is the last to leave the curd under pressure.
  • n. An obsolete or dialectal form of thirst.
  • n. See thurse and thrush.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a thrusting forward movement
  • n. the act of applying force to propel something
  • v. place or put with great energy
  • v. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
  • n. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
  • v. push forcefully
  • v. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
  • n. the force used in pushing
  • n. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
  • n. verbal criticism
  • v. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  • v. press or force
  • v. push upward
  • Verb Form
    thrusted    thrusting    thrusts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gesture    force    unfavorable judgment    criticism    push    jut    project    jut out    stick out    protrude   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thrist    stab    pierce    intrude    assault    attack    shove    push    rush    charge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjust    antitrust    brust    bused    bussed    bust    combust    crust    cussed    discussed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stroke    shoot    move    blade    burst    cast    swing    sweep    fall    movement