Thrust

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}, {thrust}]
    2: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;
       "one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: {stab},
       {thrust}, {knife thrust}]
    3: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
       reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn:
       {drive}, {thrust}, {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}, {thrust},
       {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: {thrust}, {stuff}, {shove},
       {squeeze}]
    3: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: {lunge}, {hurl},
       {hurtle}, {thrust}]
    4: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced
       her diet fads on him" [syn: {force}, {thrust}]
    5: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn:
       {pierce}, {thrust}]
    6: force (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: {thrust}, {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}, {thrust}]
    

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