Thrust
[θrʌst]
Definition
(noun.) verbal criticism; 'he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians'.
(verb.) push forcefully; 'He thrust his chin forward'.
(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.) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
Inputed by Clinton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typed by Felix
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Push, drive, impel, force, clap, poke, shove.
v. n. Make a thrust.
n. [1]. Push, shove, pass, stab, allonge, lunge, tilt.[2]. Assault, attack, charge.
Edited by Bradley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Push, drive, force, Dress, shove, impel, urge
ANT:Draw, retract, snatch, extract
Inputed by Kirsten
Definition
v.i. (Spens.) to thirst.—n. thirst.
v.t. to push or drive with force: to stab pierce.—v.i. to make a push esp. with a pointed weapon: to squeeze in: to intrude:—pa.t. and pa.p. thrust.—n. a stab: an assault: the horizontal outward pressure of an arch against its abutments or of rafters beams &c. against the walls or bearings: the white whey the last to be squeezed from the curd.—ns. Thrust′er; Thrust′-hoe a hoe worked by pushing.—Thrust aside to push away to reject; Thrust off to push away; Thrust on to urge or impel; Thrust one's self into to intrude; Thrust out to drive out or away; Thrust through (Shak.) to pierce to stab; Thrust to (Spens.) to rush upon; Thrust together to compress; Thrust upon to force upon.
Editor: Margie
Examples
- She abruptly thrust the letter (as the phrase is) into my face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The champions were therefore prohibited to thrust with the sword, and were confined to striking. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This accounts for the phenomenon of the weaker of the two usually having a bundle of firewood thrust between its jaws in hot weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Here Mr. Casaubon paused, removed one hand from his back and thrust it between the buttons of his single-breasted coat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The landlord thrust him out at the door, and threatened him with the police if he came back. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- While speaking, he thrust his hand into the breast of his outer coat, and struggled with some object there that was too large to be got out easily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There's two on you,' said the man, thrusting the candle farther out, and shielding his eyes with his hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But there was no support for the rider's feet, and the vehicle was propelled by thrusting his feet alternately against the ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Ma'am,' said Mr. Pickwick, thrusting out his head in the extremity of his desperation, 'ma'am! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Let it be,' said Sikes, thrusting his hand before her. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Thrusting Sab Than headlong from the platform, I drew Dejah Thoris to my side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He started from his chair with an angry impulse, and thrusting his hands in his pockets, walked up and down the room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was happy, thrusting with his legs and all his body, without bond or connection anywhere, just himself in the watery world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Rigaud, thrusting Mr Flintwinch aside, proceeded straight up-stairs. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They widened and widened, thrusting you both asunder, one from the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He is greatly irritated by the irony of Socrates, but his noisy and imbecile rage only lays him more and more open to the thrusts of his assailant. Plato. The Republic.
- Caroline used to be fluttered by them at first, but she had now got into the way of parrying these home-thrusts like a little Quakeress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Jo thrusts the handle of his broom between the bars of the gate, and with his utmost power of elaboration, points it out. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The French made costly but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He makes social movements conscious of themselves, expresses their needs, gathers their power and then thrusts them behind the inventor and the technician in the task of actual achievement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My blade was swinging with the rapidity of lightning as I sought to parry the thrusts and cuts of my opponents. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We still were fighting furiously as we talked in broken sentences, punctured with vicious cuts and thrusts at our swarming enemy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Editor: Segre