THRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrust mean? 

• THRUST (noun)
  The noun THRUST has 5 senses:

1. the force used in pushing

2. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

3. the act of applying force to propel something

4. verbal criticism

5. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

  Familiarity information: THRUST used as a noun is common.

• THRUST (verb)
  The verb THRUST has 8 senses:

1. push forcefully

2. press or force

3. make a thrusting forward movement

4. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

5. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

6. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

7. push upward

8. place or put with great energy

  Familiarity information: THRUST used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THRUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The force used in pushing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

push; thrust

Context example:

the thrust of the jet engines

Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Derivation:

thrust (press or force)

thrust (push upward)

thrust (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

knife thrust; stab; thrust

Context example:

one strong stab to the heart killed him

Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrust"):

lunge; passado; straight thrust ((fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward)

remise ((fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte))

Derivation:

thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)

thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of applying force to propel something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drive; driving force; thrust

Context example:

after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off

Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrust"):

impetus; impulse; impulsion (the act of applying force suddenly)

firewall ((colloquial) the application of maximum thrust)

Derivation:

thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Verbal criticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians

Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):

criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jab; jabbing; poke; poking; thrust; thrusting

Context example:

he made a thrusting motion with his fist

Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):

gesture (motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling)

Derivation:

thrust (place or put with great energy)

• THRUST (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Push forcefully

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He thrust his chin forward

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):

dig; jab; poke; prod; stab (poke or thrust abruptly)

jab; stab (stab or pierce)

shoulder (push with the shoulders)

boost (push or shove upward, as if from below or behind)

drive; force; ram (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically)

pound; ram; ram down (strike or drive against with a heavy impact)

punch (drive forcibly as if by a punch)

dig (thrust down or into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

thrust ahead (push one's way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Press or force

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

shove; squeeze; stuff; thrust

Context example:

She thrust the letter into his hand

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They thrust the books into the box

Derivation:

thrust (the force used in pushing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a thrusting forward movement

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hurl; hurtle; lunge; thrust

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):

dart (move with sudden speed)

riposte (make a return thrust)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

thrust (the act of applying force to propel something)

thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument)

thruster (one who intrudes or pushes himself forward)

thrusting (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

force; thrust

Context example:

She forced her diet fads on him

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

compel; obligate; oblige (force somebody to do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):

stick; sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

pierce; thrust

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):

lance (pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight)

gore (wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument)

horn; tusk (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk)

empale; impale; spike; transfix (pierce with a sharp stake or point)

center punch (make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill)

peg (pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into)

stick (pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument)

stick (pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Verb group:

push up; thrust (push upward)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

thrust (the force used in pushing)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Push upward

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

push up; thrust

Context example:

The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out (extend out or project in space)

Verb group:

thrust (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

thrust (the force used in pushing)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Place or put with great energy

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

throw; thrust

Context example:

thrust the money in the hands of the beggar

Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):

pop (put or thrust suddenly and forcefully)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

thrust (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow))

 Context examples 

They saw it but for a glimpse for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Thrusting in my head between the stems, I found myself gazing at a fleshless skull.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These words I not only thought, but uttered; and thrusting back all my misery into my heart, I made an effort to compel it to remain there—dumb and still.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Of these he took five and thrust them into an envelope.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Peggotty thrust forth his face; and never could I forget the change that came upon it when he saw us, if I were to live five hundred years.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But the she-wolf coolly thrust past him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Phelps thrust away the precious document into the innermost pocket of his coat.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, that dagger-thrust went to his pride.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She turned her back, thrusting her fingers into her ears.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

To-day he came back, and almost bounded into the room at about half-past five o'clock, and thrust last night's "Westminster Gazette" into my hand.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)