thrust (θrʌst
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: thrusts, thrusting, thrust
- (tr) to push (someone or something) with force or sudden strength ⇒
she thrust him away
she thrust it into the fire
- (tr) to force or impose upon (someone) or into (some condition or situation) ⇒
they thrust extra responsibilities upon her
she was thrust into the limelight
- (tr) through to pierce; stab
- (intr; usually foll by through or into) to force a passage or entrance
- (intr) to push forwards, upwards, or outwards
- (intr) at to make a stab or lunge at (a person or thing)
noun
- a forceful drive, push, stab, or lunge
- a force, esp one that produces motion
- a propulsive force produced by the fluid pressure or the change of momentum of the fluid in a jet engine, rocket engine, etc
- a similar force produced by a propeller
- a pressure that is exerted continuously by one part of an object, structure, etc, against another, esp the axial force by or on a shaft
- geology
- the compressive force in the earth's crust that produces recumbent folds and thrust or reverse faults
- See thrust fault
- civil engineering a force exerted in a downwards and outwards direction, as by an arch or rafter, or the horizontal force exerted by retained earth
- force, impetus, or drive ⇒
a man with thrust and energy
- the essential or most forceful part ⇒
the thrust of the argument
Word Origin
C12: from Old Norse thrysta; related to Latin trūdere; see intrudeUsage examples
He was thrust back into his tight-fitting sports seat with a look of serious discomfort on his face.
, DEAD BEAT (2002)The outlook of the Wanless report accords with the broader thrust of government health policy, for which funding has been generous (10).
Spiked (2005)The only public policy thrust saving universities has come from Ottawa, not the provincial governments.
Globe and Mail (2003)Liverpool began the second half brightly with Andy Nicholas in particular providing the thrust from full-back.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)Those English had locked their shields and they thrust them forward to meet the charge.
, The Grail Quest (3) HERETIC (2004)