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thrust / [unvoicedth]rəst/ • v. (past thrust ) [tr.] push (something or someone) suddenly or violently in the specified direction: she thrust her hands into her pockets| fig. Howard was thrust into the limelight | [intr.] he thrust at his opponent with his sword. ∎ [intr.] (of a person) move or advance forcibly: she thrust through the bramble canes he tried to thrust his way past her. ∎ [intr.] (of a thing) extend so as to project conspicuously: beside the boathouse a jetty thrust out into the water. ∎ (thrust something on/upon) force (someone) to accept or deal with something: he felt that fame had been thrust upon him. ∎ [intr.] (of a man) penetrate the vagina or anus of a sexual partner with forceful movements of the penis. • n. 1. a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part: he drove the blade upward with one powerful thrust. ∎ a forceful attack or effort: executives led a new thrust in business development. ∎ [in sing.] the principal purpose or theme of a course of action or line of reasoning: anti-Americanism became the main thrust of their policy. 2. the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine. ∎ the lateral pressure exerted by an arch or other support in a building. 3. (also thrust fault) Geol. a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over younger. PHRASES: cut and thrust see cut.
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Thrust
a large milling crowd, 1565.
Example : they were faint with the great thrust and throng of the people, 1588.
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Hence sb. XVI.
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