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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thrust \Thrust\, v. i. 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. [1913 Webster] And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." --Chapman. [1913 Webster] {To thrust to}, to rush upon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Thrust \Thrust\, n. & v. Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. [1913 Webster] {To thrust away} or {To thrust 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 {To thrust one's self 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] [Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. An attack; an assault. [1913 Webster] One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: thrust 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}]