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English

Pronunciation


Etymology

From þrysta.

Noun

  1. An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
  2. :Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
  3. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
  4. :The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
  5. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
  6. :Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
  7. The primary effort; the goal.
  8. :Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.


Synonyms


Translations

Japanese: 突き tsuki

Verb

{{en-verb|thrusts|thrusting|thrust}}

  1. To make advance with force#Noun|force.
  2. :We thrust at the enemy with our forces.
  3. To force#Verb|force something upon someone.
  4. :I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
  5. To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
  6. :He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.


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Translations

Category:English irregular verbs Category:English irregular simple past forms Category:English irregular past participles

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden.
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2. An attack; an assault.
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One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr.
H. More.
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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.
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4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under
its superincumbent weight.
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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.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrust \Thrust\, n. & v.
Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
--Milton.
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2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrust \Thrust\, v. i.
1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a
fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
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2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
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And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden.
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3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to
intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse."
--Chapman.
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To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
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As doth an eager hound
Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
--Spenser.
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WordNet thrust
n 1: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the
walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
[syn: push]
2: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed
instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
[syn: stab, knife thrust]
3: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn:
drive, driving force]
4: verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed
thrusts at politicians"
5: 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, thrusting]
v 1: push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: stuff, shove, squeeze]
3: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle]
4: impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
"She forced her diet fads on him" [syn: force]
5: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: pierce]
6: geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
7: push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided
head-on thrust up into the air" [syn: push up]
8: place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket
around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the
beggar" [syn: throw]
Moby Dictionary
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


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