thrust
thrust /θr'ʌst/ (thrusts thrusting thrust)
1 [VERB] V n prep/adv
If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force.
They thrust him into the back of a jeep...
= shove
[N-COUNT]
Thrust is also a noun.
Two of the knife thrusts were fatal.
2 [VERB] V way prep/adv
If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way.
She thrust her way into the crowd...
= push
3 [VERB] V adv/prep, V adv/prep
If something thrusts up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. (LITERARY)
An aerial thrust up from the grass verge...
A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction.
It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
5 [N-SING] adj N, usu N of n
The thrust of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses.
The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation...
6
cut and thrust: see cutthrust upon
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P n, have n V-ed P n
If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
Why has such sadness been thrust upon us?...
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
1 [VERB] V n prep/adv
If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force.
They thrust him into the back of a jeep...
= shove
[N-COUNT]
Thrust is also a noun.
Two of the knife thrusts were fatal.
2 [VERB] V way prep/adv
If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way.
She thrust her way into the crowd...
= push
3 [VERB] V adv/prep, V adv/prep
If something thrusts up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. (LITERARY)
An aerial thrust up from the grass verge...
A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction.
It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
5 [N-SING] adj N, usu N of n
The thrust of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses.
The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation...
6
cut and thrust: see cutthrust upon
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P n, have n V-ed P n
If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
Why has such sadness been thrust upon us?...
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.