Noun
the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

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"

Noun
a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

Noun
verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"

Noun
the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"

Verb
impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

Verb
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Verb
place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

Verb
push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"

Verb
make a thrusting forward movement

Verb
press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

Verb
push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

Verb
geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

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n. & v.
Thrist.

imp. & p. p.
of Thrust

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

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

v. i.
To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

v. i.
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.

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Thrust

Thrust , n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.] Spenser.

Thrust

Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust ; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. rusten, risten, resten, Icel. rst 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

2. An attack; an assault.

One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.

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. 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 (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.

Thrist.

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.

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

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.