Lingvanex Tranalator

Translator for


translation app

Lingvanex - your universal translation app

Translator for

Download For Free

Meaning & Definition of Thrust in English

English

Thrust

/θrəst/

noun

1. The force used in pushing

  • "The push of the water on the walls of the tank"
  • "The thrust of the jet engines"
synonym:
  • push,
  • thrust

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

  • "One strong stab to the heart killed him"
synonym:
  • stab,
  • thrust,
  • knife thrust

3. The act of applying force to propel something

  • "After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
synonym:
  • drive,
  • thrust,
  • driving force

4. Verbal criticism

  • "He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
synonym:
  • thrust

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"
synonym:
  • jab,
  • jabbing,
  • poke,
  • poking,
  • thrust,
  • thrusting

verb

1. Push forcefully

  • "He thrust his chin forward"
synonym:
  • thrust

2. Press or force

  • "Stuff money into an envelope"
  • "She thrust the letter into his hand"
synonym:
  • thrust,
  • stuff,
  • shove,
  • squeeze

3. Make a thrusting forward movement

synonym:
  • lunge,
  • hurl,
  • hurtle,
  • thrust

4. Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

  • "She forced her diet fads on him"
synonym:
  • force,
  • thrust

5. Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

synonym:
  • pierce,
  • thrust

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

synonym:
  • thrust

7. Push upward

  • "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
synonym:
  • 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"
synonym:
  • throw,
  • thrust

Examples of using

The hare went out to the porch to scratch his balls. He thrust his paw - no balls there! Thus he fell down from the porch.
Orina wrote something on a piece of paper and thrust it into Pyotyr's hand from under the table.
He thrust me aside.