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Noun thrust has 5 senses
- push, thrust - the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
--1 is a kind of force
- stab, thrust, knife thrust - a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
--2 is a kind of blow
- drive, thrust, driving force - the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
--3 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--3 has particulars: firewall; impulse, impulsion, impetus
- thrust - verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
--4 is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
- jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting - a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
--5 is a kind of gesture
Verb thrust has 8 senses
- thrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
--1 is one way to push, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze - press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
--2 is one way to push, force
Sample sentence:
They thrust the books into the box
- lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust - make a thrusting forward movement
--3 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- force, thrust - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
--4 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
--5 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- thrust - geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- thrust, push up - push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
--7 is one way to stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
--8 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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