Lexic.us

Definition of Thrust

1. Verb. Push forcefully. "He thrust his chin forward"

2. Noun. The force used in pushing. "The thrust of the jet engines"

3. Verb. Press or force. "They thrust the books into the box"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

4. Noun. A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument. "One strong stab to the heart killed him"

5. Verb. Make a thrusting forward movement.

6. Noun. The act of applying force to propel something. "After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

7. Verb. Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably. "She forced her diet fads on him"

8. Noun. Verbal criticism. "He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"

9. Verb. Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.

10. Noun. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"

11. Verb. Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.

12. Verb. Push upward. "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"

13. Verb. Place or put with great energy. "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

Definition of Thrust

1. n. & v. Thrist.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

Definition of Thrust

1. Noun. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. ¹

2. Noun. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) ¹

3. Noun. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To make advance with force. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To force something upon someone. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thrust

1. to push forcibly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Thrust

1. 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." (Dryden) 2. An attack; an assault. "One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism." (Dr. H. More) 3., a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them. 4. The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. Thrust bearing, a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. Thrust plane, the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault. Synonym: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrust

thruppences thruput thruputs thrush fungus thrush nightingale thrush nightingales thrushel thrushels thrusher thrushers

thrushes thrushlike thrushling thrushlings thrust (current term) thrust ahead thrust bearing thrust fault thrust load thrust out

thrust reverser thrust stage thrusted thruster thrusters thrustest thrusteth thrustful thrusting

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