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Definition of thrust

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Thrust (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..

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Push :: Push (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword..

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

Volt :: Volt (n.) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

Peck :: Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree..

Put :: Put (n.) The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball..

Retrude :: Retrude (v. t.) To thrust back.

Punch :: Punch (n.) A thrust or blow.

Uphilt :: Uphilt (v. t.) To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy..

Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..

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..

Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Obtrude :: Obtrude (v. i.) To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.

Home :: Home (a.) Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust..

Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Exclude :: Exclude (v. t.) To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..

Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..

Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

Passado :: Passado (v. i.) A pass or thrust.

Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..