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- Dictionarythrust/THrəst/
verb
- 1. push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction: "she thrust her hands into her pockets" Similar
noun
- 1. a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part: "he drove the blade upward with one powerful thrust" Similar
- 2. the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine: "the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models" Similar
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to push suddenly and strongly: She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me. She thrust the papers at me (= towards me). The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman. Synonym. lunge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away.
The meaning of THRUST is to push or drive with force : shove. How to use thrust in a sentence.
Thrust definition: to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force. See examples of THRUST used in a sentence.
To thrust is to push forward quickly and forcibly, like the way a pirate would plunge or thrust a sword into his enemy. Thrust is often used when you're talking about knives or swords or jabbing someone with something.
to push suddenly and strongly: She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me. She thrust the papers at me (= toward me). The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman. Synonym. lunge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away.
If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force. They thrust him into the back of a jeep. American English : thrust / ˈθrʌst /
1. a. A forceful shove or push: inserted the key with a thrust. b. A lunge or stab. 2. a. A driving force or pressure. b. The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases. c. Outward or lateral stress in a structure, as that exerted by an arch or vault. 3. a.
verb. thrusting, thrusts. To push with sudden force; shove; drive. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make a thrust, stab, or lunge, as with a sword. Webster's New World. To extend, as in growth. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To force or impose (oneself or another) upon someone else or into some position or situation.
[countable] a sudden, strong movement that pushes something/somebody forward. He killed her with a thrust of the knife. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [uncountable] (specialist) the force that is produced by an engine to push a plane, rocket, etc. forward. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Idioms.
THRUST meaning: 1. to push something somewhere suddenly and with force: 2. a strong push or the power used to push…. Learn more.
