Definition of thrust

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Thrust (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..

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Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Foin :: Foin (v. i.) To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
Insert :: Insert (v. t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper..
Kick :: Kick (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
Buttress :: Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry..
Dig :: Dig (n.) A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4..
Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..
Sniggle :: Sniggle (v. i.) To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance..
Abstrusion :: Abstrusion (n.) The act of thrusting away.
Hunch :: Hunch (n.) A push or thrust, as with the elbow..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
Protrusion :: Protrusion (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit..
Detrude :: Detrude (v. t.) To thrust down or out; to push down with force.
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
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