thrust

thrust1 [ θrʌst ] (past tense and past participle thrust) verb **

1. ) transitive thrust something into/through/toward/under something to put something somewhere with a quick hard push:

He thrust a microphone under her nose.

The man thrust his hands into his pockets.

They were stopping cars and thrusting leaflets through the windows.

a ) intransitive thrust forward/forwards/through/toward to move somewhere by pushing hard and quickly:

He felt the great machine thrust forward with unbelievable power.

Finding a gap, she thrust through the brambles.

b ) thrust your way to go somewhere by pushing past things or people

2. ) intransitive thrust at to attack someone:

The man then thrust at me with his sword.

3. ) intransitive thrust upwards/out of/through MAINLY LITERARY to continue beyond the rest of something:

A church spire thrust upward.

,thrust a`side phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to push someone or something to one side

2. ) to pay no attention to something

`thrust up,on phrasal verb transitive

thrust something upon someone to force someone to do or accept something:

She had more responsibility thrust upon her.

thrust

thrust 2 [ θrʌst ] noun

1. ) singular thrust of the main idea or intention of something such as a document, speech, or policy:

We welcome the general thrust of the Senator's argument.

2. ) uncount TECHNICAL the force that an engine produces to push something forward

a ) count a quick hard push:

one last thrust of the knife

the cut and thrust (of something)

the excitement of a situation in which people are competing against each other