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English noun: thrust | |||
| 1. | thrust (phenomenon) the force used in pushing | ||
| Samples | The push of the water on the walls of the tank. The thrust of the jet engines. | ||
| Synonyms | push | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force | ||
| 2. | thrust (act) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | ||
| Samples | One strong stab to the heart killed him. | ||
| Synonyms | knife thrust, stab | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lunge, passado, remise, straight thrust | ||
| 3. | thrust (act) the act of applying force to propel something | ||
| Samples | After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off. | ||
| Synonyms | drive, driving force | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | actuation, propulsion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | firewall, impetus, impulse, impulsion | ||
| 4. | thrust (communication) verbal criticism | ||
| Samples | He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticism, unfavorable judgment | ||
| 5. | thrust (act) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | ||
| Samples | He warned me with a jab with his finger. He made a thrusting motion with his fist. | ||
| Synonyms | jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gesture | ||
English verb: thrust | |||
| 1. | thrust (motion) push forcefully | ||
| Samples | He thrust his chin forward. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, push | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boost, dig, dig, drive, force, jab, jab, poke, pound, prod, punch, ram, ram, ram down, shoulder, stab, stab | ||
| 2. | thrust (motion) press or force | ||
| Samples | Stuff money into an envelope. She thrust the letter into his hand. | ||
| Examples | They thrust the books into the box | ||
| Synonyms | shove, squeeze, stuff | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, push | ||
| 3. | thrust (motion) make a thrusting forward movement | ||
| Synonyms | hurl, hurtle, lunge | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dart, riposte | ||
| 4. | thrust (communication) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | ||
| Samples | She forced her diet fads on him. | ||
| Synonyms | force | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compel, obligate, oblige | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stick, sting | ||
| 5. | thrust (contact) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | ||
| Synonyms | pierce | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penetrate, perforate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | center punch, empale, gore, horn, impale, lance, peg, spike, stick, stick, transfix, tusk | ||
| 6. | thrust (stative) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Verb group | push up, thrust | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
| 7. | thrust (stative) push upward | ||
| Samples | The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air. | ||
| Synonyms | push up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | ||
| Verb group | thrust | ||
| 8. | thrust (contact) place or put with great energy | ||
| Samples | She threw the blanket around the child. Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar. | ||
| Synonyms | throw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pop | ||
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