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thrust
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 12c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse þrysta "to thrust, force, press," from Proto-Germanic *thrustijanan , perhaps from PIE *treud- "push, press" (see threat ), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. Related: Thrusting .
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton 's second and third laws . When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction on that system. The force ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thrust \Thrust\, v. i. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to ...
Usage examples of thrust.
He moved against her harder, more urgently, thrust himself deeper inside her, and Nicky was as unrestrained as he, her body arching up to his.
And then, at the promptings of that spirit of reaction that was abroad in those days when France was awakening from the nightmare of terror, some one made there and then a collection on his behalf, and came to thrust into his hands a great bundle of assignats and bank bills, which to the humble cocassier represented almost a fortune.
It was never my intention, until that archwife returned to Bath to thrust a spoke in my wheel!
The advance of the Sixth Army on Stalingrad was apparently the most terrifying event of what the Russians call the Great Patriotic War The army commanders, the populace, and Stalin himself were astounded at this renewed powerful thrust of the Germans into the vitals of their country.
Great balks of timber were being thrust out and now, in the shelter of these, hundreds of men and women from the Citadel were streaming to help.
The porcelain ballerina also thrusts her horizontal leg, frozen in its arabesque, into the cone of green light.
When they saw us, they pointed at Kamlot, and I heard them telling some of the sailors that he was the one who had slain the basto with a single sword thrust, a feat which appeared to force their admiration, as well it might have.
The shattering thrusts of the massive battering ram continued to sake the great wall as Balinor and Durin faced each other across the little room.
Then she stepped on to the sidewalk, crossing it with purposeful stride and thrust open the batwing doors.
Whereupon Heeber whipped off his apron, shrugged his meat-cleaver shoulders into a tweed coat, jumped up in the air and slid down inside his raincoat, slung on his beardy cap, and thrust us at the door.
The lower portion of the other is hidden from view by the head of the unwieldy bedstead which is thrust close up against it.
Perhaps that was the reason why, before she went to bed, she took a good look at it, and after taking off her straight, beltless, calico gown she even tried the effect of it, thrust in the stiff waistband of her petticoat, with the jeweled hilt displayed, and thought it looked charming--as indeed it did.
It was Guzman Bento who died, not by the knife thrust of a conspirator, but from a stroke of apoplexy, and Dr.
Quintus Bland had partially opened the door and thrust out a bony hand and arm, hoping that in the half-light of the hall the waiter would not notice their fleshless condition.
The stranger to whom the carriage belonged stood by the window, detailing in a low voice to the chaplain of the house what particulars of the occurrence he was acquainted with, while the youngest scion of the family, a boy of about ten years, and who in the general confusion had thrust himself unnoticed into the room, stood close to the pair, with open mouth and thirsting ears and a face on which childish interest at a fearful tale was strongly blent with the more absorbed feeling of terror at the truth.