thrust

Definitions of thrust in various dictionaries:

noun - the force used in pushing

noun - a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

noun - the act of applying force to propel something

noun - verb al criticism

noun - a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

verb - push forcefully

verb - press or force

verb - make a thrusting forward movement

verb - impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

verb - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

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

verb - push upward

verb - place or put with great energy

To push or drive quickly and forcibly.

To issue or extend: poplars thrusting their branches upward; thrust out his finger.

To force into a specified condition or situation: She thrust herself through the crowd.

To include or interpolate improperly.

To force on an unwilling or improper recipient: “Some have greatness thrust upon them” (Shakespeare).

To stab; pierce.

To shove something into or at something else; push.

To pierce or stab with or as if with a pointed weapon.

To force one’s way.

A forceful shove or push.

A driving force or pressure.

The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases.

A piercing movement made with or as if with a pointed weapon; a stab.

The essence; the point: The whole thrust of the project was to make money.

Outward or lateral stress in a structure, such as an arch.

An attack or assault, especially by an armed force.

verb - to push forcibly

THRUST - Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated...