Thrust Definition

thrŭst
thrusting, thrusts
verb
thrusting, thrusts
To push with sudden force; shove; drive.
Webster's New World
To make a thrust, stab, or lunge, as with a sword.
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To extend, as in growth.
Webster's New World
To force or impose (oneself or another) upon someone else or into some position or situation.
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To push or shove against something.
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noun
thrusts
A forceful shove or push.
Inserted the key with a thrust.
American Heritage
The act of thrusting.
Webster's New World
Continuous pressure of one part against another, as of a rafter against a wall.
Webster's New World
A lunge or stab.
American Heritage
The driving force of a propeller in the line of its shaft.
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Other Word Forms of Thrust

Noun

Singular:
thrust
Plural:
thrusts

Origin of Thrust

  • Middle English thrusten from Old Norse thrȳsta treud- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse þrysta.

    From Wiktionary

Thrust Sentence Examples

  • Three were thrust at her.

  • While they were talking a maid thrust her head in at the other door of the sitting room.

  • She opened her pocketbook and pulled out a white envelope and thrust it at Dean.

  • In this case the thrust at the lower end B must exceed the thrust at A, the upper end, by the weight of the prism of liquid; so that, denoting the cross section of the prism by a ft.

  • The broad thrust of the Group 's strategy remains unchanged.

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