Definition of thrust

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Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..

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Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..
Stochastic :: Stoccado (n.) A stab; a thrust with a rapier.
Montant :: Montant (n.) An upward thrust or blow.
Push :: Push (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt..
Protrusive :: Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion..
Allonge :: Allonge (v.) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
Job :: Job (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
Rapier :: Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (v. t.) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it..
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..
Pillory :: Pillory (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..
Buttress :: Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry..
Thraste :: Thraste (v. t.) To thrust.
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Cram :: Cram (v. t.) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people..
Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm..
Home :: Home (a.) Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust..
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