thrust  /θrʌst/

noun

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

synset: push, thrust

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

synset: stab, thrust, knife_thrust

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

synset: drive, thrust, driving_force

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

synset: thrust

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"

synset: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting

verb

1. push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"

synset: thrust

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

synset: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

3. make a thrusting forward movement

synset: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

4. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

synset: force, thrust

5. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

synset: pierce, thrust

6. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

synset: thrust

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

synset: 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"

synset: throw, thrust

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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