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Meaning thrust meaning

What does thrust mean?
Definitions in simple English

thrust Verb

— If you thrust, you push forcefully or not carefully. Don't thrust your homework in your backpack, Joan.

thrust

— verb push forcefully He thrust his chin forward — verb (= stuff) press or force Stuff money into an envelope She thrust the letter into his hand — verb make a thrusting forward movement — verb (= force) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably She forced her diet fads on him — noun (= push) the force used in pushing the push of the water on the walls of the tank the thrust of the jet engines — noun (= stab) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument one strong stab to the heart killed him — noun (= drive) the act of applying force to propel something after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off — verb (= pierce) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument — verb force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock — verb push upward The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air — noun verbal criticism he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians — verb (= throw) place or put with great energy She threw the blanket around the child thrust the money in the hands of the beggar — noun (= jab, jabbing, thrusting) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) he warned me with a jab with his finger he made a thrusting motion with his fist

Synonyms thrust synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as thrust?

thrust English » English

push shove poke stab jab pierce drive stick propel lunge force stuff insert stick in ram prick nudge dab throw strike squeeze push in prod jostle impose blow thrust in stuff in push up punch jolt impel driving force cram in stroke sting put press pass impulse hit gore actuate thrusting support spear shoulder shoot shoo pursue

Topics thrust topics

What do people use thrust to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in

Conjugation thrust conjugation

How do you conjugate thrust?

thrust · verb

Examples thrust examples

How do I use thrust in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The boy thrust the coin into his pocket.
I thrust my hand into my pocket.
I thrust my way through the crowd.
The people on board thrust their way toward the rear exit.
He thrust some coins into my pocket.
He thrust me aside.
The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.
The policeman thrust me aside.
Orina wrote something on a piece of paper and thrust it into Pyotyr's hand from under the table.

Movie subtitles

Then heaven thrust you at my very feet. a lovely angel, too lovely to woo.
To me it came that night. after Paul Holland had almost thrust me from the room. certainly from his life.
By this sword, he that makes the first thrust, I'll kill him.
Do thou, oh prince of the heavenly host, by the divine power, thrust into hell satan and the other evil spirits, who wrong through the world, seeking the ruin of souls.
Make a thrust.
If I were Napoleon, I'd consider it a good idea to thrust from the northeast, behind the duke.
A soldier who saw the lance thrust into his side.
It's a situation we're always in. when war is suddenly thrust upon us.
Looming straight up and over us. Like a solid iron figurehead suddenly thrust into our vision. stood Captain Ahab.
Bad luck, having this responsibility thrust on you at the start of your holiday.
A brilliant dagger thrust.
We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.
Each engine has a thrust of 13,000lb.
Umph! That gives you the forward thrust.
A cisternal needle thrust up into the brain between the base of the skull and the cervical vertebrae.
Thrust-Ho, sir valentine.
As you observe, the needle has been thrust completely through the subject's hand.
He thrust his ugly, ill-bred little face right at hers.
Here comes my artful thrust!
No spear can thrust beneath the reach of his arms.
I sometimes surprise myself correcting billboards in the metro, or pamphlets that people hiding around corners unexpectedly thrust into your hands.
Master Brandon did not thrust his way in here. But came at the personal invitation of the princess.
They say in Italy it is not all brawn and hewing that makes a swordsman, but the parry and thrust.
Their first sword's thrust can be the master stroke.
You'll find, sir, that whenever I open my mouth, I invariably thrust my boot into it.
A brilliant dagger thrust. Difficult angle.
I shall thrust when I end the refrain.
Which is your parallel thrust?
Now boost engines. forward. thrust. now!
You see, when the column rises, it proves the extent of the power thrust.
Aerofoil surfaces, lift and drag coefficients weight-thrust equations and the whole pattern of modern aviation originates from right there.
When I came back, for this was brief I found them close together at blow and thrust even as again they were when you yourself did part them.
That thrust had been mine enemy indeed, but my coat is better than thou think'st.
Bold in concept, brilliant in execution this most delicate yet most colossal of instruments makes possible man's thrust into deep space and will soon set out on its quest for a new world.

News and current affairs

This is the thrust of McCain's message.
Whatever responsibility poor adults may bear for their lot in life - they may not have worked hard enough, saved enough, or made good decisions - children's circumstances are thrust upon them without any sort of choice.
The main thrust of early conservatism was root-and-branch opposition to every form of social insurance: make the poor richer, and they would become more fertile.
But, as it turned out, the mutualization model - used again in 1813 during the second war against the British - fueled a credit bubble, which collapsed in 1837 and thrust nine of the 29 US states and territories into bankruptcy.
The theological and political implications of this integral thrust within Islam are very different from those associated with the emergence of Protestantism in Christianity.
With regard to relations between France and the Arab world, one can be certain that Hollande would agree with the pro-engagement thrust of Obama's 2009 Cairo speech.
If most people still work a 40-hour week, a substantial and growing minority have had unwanted leisure thrust upon them in the form of unemployment, under-employment, and forced withdrawal from the labor market.
The basic thrust of Confucianism has changed little since Confucius's disciples recorded his aphorisms a generation before Socrates.
The terrorists attacked India's financial nerve-center and commercial capital, a city emblematic of the country's energetic thrust into the twenty-first century.
Since its inception, the Court's thrust has been to enforce the economic freedoms mandated by successive agreements since the Treaty of Rome.
Taiwan's young democracy must now cope with the balancing act that President Chen Shui-bian's re-election has thrust upon it.
It is up to Germany to live up to the leadership responsibilities thrust upon it by its own success.
September 11 th has thrust those of us who consider ourselves progressives - who believe in democracy, feminism, human rights and socialism - into a 1956-type crisis.
A second major policy thrust is a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions.
But, with Germany's position as creditor-in-chief having thrust it into the driver's seat, Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration now seeks to create a more Germanic Europe.
The democratic process has lost its aura and its thrust, not least because democratization seems to lead to the rise of political movements the West finds unacceptable.
But it is the Swiss National Bank, which printed money to prevent excessive appreciation after pegging its currency to the euro in 2011, that has thrust the sharpest dagger into QE's heart.
This would require intense debate and soul-searching, particularly in Germany, which, as the EU's largest and best-rated economy, has been thrust into the position of deciding the future of Europe.
These two long-standing areas of persistent weakness have constituted a major drag on the type of cyclical dynamics that traditionally thrust the US out of its periodic economic slowdowns.
Its thrust must be to integrate the 53 million people in the various political entities of the Balkan peninsula into a dynamic regional economy that is open and prosperous.
The thrust of Obama's Middle East policy - reconciling America with the Arab and Muslim world - clashes with Netanyahu's strategy.

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