- (v.t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Thrust.
- (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments or of rafters against the wall which support them.
- (v.i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
- (v.i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length or with the hand or foot or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
- (v.t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot or with an instrument.
- (v.i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
- (n.) An attack; an assault.
- (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
- (n.&v.) Thrist.
Thrust and Pushing
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- The force used in pushing.
- usage: "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
- synonyms: push
- A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.
- usage: "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
- synonyms: stab, knife thrust
- The act of applying force to propel something.
- usage: "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
- synonyms: drive, driving force
- Verbal criticism.
- usage: "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
- A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow. )
- usage: "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
verb
- Push forcefully.
- usage: "He thrust his chin forward"
- Press or force.
- usage: "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- Make a thrusting forward movement.
- Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
- usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
- synonyms: force
- Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
- synonyms: pierce
- Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
- Push upward.
- usage: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
- synonyms: push up
- Place or put with great energy.
- usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
- synonyms: throw
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Thrust is a comparison between the price difference of successively lower pivot bottoms or higher pivot tops. For example, a reduction in the difference between pivot bottoms shows loss of momentum; an increase in the difference shows increased momentum.
noun
- The act of applying force in order to move something away.
- usage: "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
- synonyms: push
verb
- (v.) ()
- Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.
- usage: "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
- Make publicity for; try to sell (a product. )
- usage: "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
- Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.
- usage: "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
- Press against forcefully without moving.
- usage: "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
- synonyms: push
- Approach a certain age or speed.
- usage: "She is pushing fifty"
- Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.
- usage: "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs. )
- usage: "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
- synonyms: push
- Move strenuously and with effort.
- usage: "The crowd pushed forward"
- synonyms: push
- Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.
- usage: "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
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