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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THRUST, v.t. pret. and pp. thrust. [L. trudo, trusum, trusito.]
1. To push or drive with force; as, to thrust any thing with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
Neither shall one thrust another. Joel 2. John 20.
2. To drive; to force; to impel.
To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. Acts 7.
To thrust in, to push or drive in.
Thrust in thy sickle and reap. Revelation 14.
To thrust on, to impel; to urge.
To thrust off, to push away.
To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. Numbers 25. 1 Samuel 18.
To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. Exodus 12.
To thrust one's self, to obtrude; to intrude; to enter where one is not invited or not welcome.
To thrust together, to compress.
THRUST, v.i. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
1. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
And thrust between my father and the god.
2. To intrude.
3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on.
Young, old, thrust there
In mighty concourse.
THRUST, n. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a word much used in fencing.
Polites Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.
1. Attack; assault.
There is one thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.
[Note. Push and shove do not exactly express the sense of thrust. The two former imply the application of force by one body already in contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust on the contrary, often implies the impulse or application of force by a moving body, a body in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled. This distinction does not extend to every case.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn: push, thrust]
2: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: stab, thrust, knife thrust]
3: the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: drive, thrust, driving force]
4: verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
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" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting] v
1: push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze]
3: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust]
4: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" [syn: force, thrust]
5: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: pierce, thrust]
6: force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
7: push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head- on thrust up into the air" [syn: 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" [syn: throw, thrust]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (thrust; thrusting) Etymology: Middle English thrusten, thristen, from Old Norse thry?sta; probably akin to Old Norse thrj?ta to tire, Old English thr?at coercion — more at threat Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to push or drive with force ; shove 2. to cause to enter or pierce something by or as if by pushing <thrust a dagger into his heart> 3. extend, spread 4. stab, pierce 5. a. to put (as an unwilling person) forcibly into a course of action or position <was thrust into the job> b. to introduce often improperly into a position ; interpolate 6. to press, force, or impose the acceptance of upon someone <thrust new responsibilities upon her> intransitive verb 1. a. to force an entrance or passage b. to push forward ; press onward c. to push upward ; project 2. to make a thrust, stab, or lunge with or as if with a pointed weapon <thrust at them with a knife> II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a push or lunge with a pointed weapon b. (1) a verbal attack (2) a military assault 2. a. a strong continued pressure b. the sideways force or pressure of one part of a structure against another part (as of an arch against an abutment) c. the force produced by a propeller or by a jet or rocket engine that drives a vehicle (as an aircraft) forward d. a nearly horizontal geological fault 3. a. a forward or upward push b. a movement (as by a group of people) in a specified direction 4. a. salient or essential element or meaning <the thrust of the argument> b. principal concern or objective <the plan's major thrust is testing — Ryan Lizza>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (past and past part. thrust) 1 tr. push with a sudden impulse or with force (thrust the letter into my pocket). 2 tr. (foll. by on) impose (a thing) forcibly; enforce acceptance of (a thing) (had it thrust on me). 3 intr. (foll. by at, through) pierce or stab; make a sudden lunge. 4 tr. make (one's way) forcibly. 5 intr. (foll. by through, past, etc.) force oneself (thrust past me abruptly). --n. 1 a sudden or forcible push or lunge. 2 the propulsive force developed by a jet or rocket engine. 3 a strong attempt to penetrate an enemy's line or territory. 4 a remark aimed at a person. 5 the stress between the parts of an arch etc. 6 (often foll. by of) the chief theme or gist of remarks etc. 7 an attack with the point of a weapon. 8 (in full thrust fault) Geol. a low-angle reverse fault, with older strata displaced horizontally over newer. Phrases and idioms: thrust-block a casting or frame carrying or containing the bearings on which the collars of a propeller shaft press. thrust oneself (or one's nose) in obtrude, interfere. thrust stage a stage extending into the audience. Etymology: ME thruste etc. f. ON thr|sta

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fault Fault, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a vertical fault; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a normal, or gravity, fault. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a reverse (or reversed), thrust, or overthrust, fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the displacement; the vertical displacement is the throw; the horizontal displacement is the heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the trend of the fault. A fault is a strike fault when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called step faults and sometimes distributive faults.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrust Thrust, n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrust Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. 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. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. To thrust in, to push or drive in. To thrust off, to push away. To thrust on, to impel; to urge. To thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak. To thrust together, to compress.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrust Thrust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrust; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. 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. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. To thrust in, to push or drive in. To thrust off, to push away. To thrust on, to impel; to urge. To thrust one's self in or into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak. To thrust together, to compress.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrust Thrust, v. i. 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden. 3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. ``Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.'' --Chapman. To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrust Thrust, n. 1. 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. [Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden. 2. An attack; an assault. One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr. H. More. 3. (Mech.) 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. 4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault. Syn: Push; shove; assault; attack. Usage: Thrust, Push, Shove. Push and shove usually imply the application of force by a body already in contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust, often, but not always, implies the impulse or application of force by a body which is in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(thrusts, thrusting, thrust) 1. 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... = shove VERB: V n prep/adv • Thrust is also a noun. Two of the knife thrusts were fatal. N-COUNT 2. If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way. She thrust her way into the crowd... = push VERB: V way prep/adv 3. If something thrusts up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. (LITERARY) An aerial thrust up from the grass verge... A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds. VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep 4. Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward. 5. The thrust of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses. The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation... N-SING: adj N, usu N of n 6. cut and thrust: see cut

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Push, drive, impel, force, clap, poke, shove. II. v. n. Make a thrust. III. n. 1. Push, shove, pass, stab, allonge, lunge, tilt. 2. Assault, attack, charge.

Moby Thesaurus

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