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| NOUN | 1 | thrust, push | The force used in pushing |
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| 2 | thrust, stab, knife thrust | A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | |
| 3 | thrust, drive, driving force | The act of applying force to propel something | |
| 4 | thrust | Verbal criticism | |
| 5 | thrust, jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting | A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | |
| VERB | 1 | thrust | Push forcefully |
| 2 | thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze | Press or force | |
| 3 | thrust, lunge, hurl, hurtle | Make a thrusting forward movement | |
| 4 | thrust, force | Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably | |
| 5 | thrust, pierce | Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | |
| 6 | thrust | Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | |
| 7 | thrust, push up | Push upward | |
| 8 | thrust, throw | Place or put with great energy |
| Sounds | thrah'st |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist, accompanist, activist, and 190 more rhymes in ahst... |
| Meaning | The force used in pushing. |
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| Examples | "the thrust of the jet engines" |
| Synonyms | push |
| Broader | force |
| Verbs | thrust; thrust; thrust |
| Meaning | A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument. |
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| Synonyms | stab, knife thrust |
| Broader | blow |
| Narrower | lunge, straight thrust, passado; remise |
| Verbs | thrust; thrust |
| Meaning | The act of applying force to propel something. |
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| Synonyms | drive, driving force |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation |
| Narrower | firewall; impulse, impulsion, impetus |
| Verbs | thrust |
| Meaning | Verbal criticism. |
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| Examples | "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" |
| Broader | criticism, unfavorable judgment |
| Meaning | A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). |
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| Examples | "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" |
| Synonyms | jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting |
| Broader | gesture |
| Verbs | thrust |
| Meaning | Push forcefully. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "He thrust his chin forward" |
| Broader | push, force |
| See also | thrust ahead |
| Narrower | jab, prod, stab, poke, dig; stab, jab; shoulder; boost; force, drive, ram; ram, ram down, pound; punch |
| Meaning | Press or force. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Model | They thrust the books into the box |
| Examples | "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| Synonyms | stuff, shove, squeeze |
| Broader | push, force |
| Nouns | thrust |
| Meaning | Make a thrusting forward movement. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | lunge, hurl, hurtle |
| Broader | move |
| Narrower | dart; riposte |
| Nouns | thrusting; thruster; thrust; thrust |
| Meaning | Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something on somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something |
| Synonyms | force |
| Broader | compel, oblige, obligate |
| Narrower | stick, sting |
| Meaning | Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | pierce |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate |
| Narrower | stick; stick; peg; center punch; transfix, impale, empale, spike; horn, tusk; gore; lance |
| Nouns | thrust |
| Meaning | Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Similar to | thrust, push up |
| Category | geology |
| Nouns | thrust |
| Meaning | Push upward. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| Synonyms | push up |
| Similar to | thrust |
| Broader | stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project |
| Nouns | thrust |
| Meaning | Place or put with great energy. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" |
| Synonyms | throw |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
| Narrower | pop |
| Nouns | thrust |
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