Dictionary entry details
• THRUST (noun)
Meaning:
The force used in pushing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
thrust; push
Context examples:
the push of the water on the walls of the tank / the thrust of the jet engines
Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):
force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)
Meaning:
A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
knife thrust; thrust; stab
Context example:
one strong stab to the heart killed him
Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrust"):
lunge; passado; straight thrust ((fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward)
remise ((fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte))
Meaning:
The act of applying force to propel something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
drive; driving force; thrust
Context example:
after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrust"):
firewall ((colloquial) the application of maximum thrust)
impetus; impulse; impulsion (the act of applying force suddenly)
Meaning:
Verbal criticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians
Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):
criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)
Meaning:
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
thrusting; poking; jabbing; jab; poke; thrust
Context examples:
he warned me with a jab with his finger / he made a thrusting motion with his fist
Hypernyms ("thrust" is a kind of...):
gesture (motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling)
• THRUST (verb)
Meaning:
Push forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He thrust his chin forward
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):
punch (drive forcibly as if by a punch)
pound; ram; ram down (strike or drive against with a heavy impact)
drive; force; ram (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically)
boost (push or shove upward, as if from below or behind)
shoulder (push with the shoulders)
jab; stab (stab or pierce)
dig; jab; poke; prod; stab (poke or thrust abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
thrust ahead (push one's way)
Meaning:
Press or force
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
thrust; stuff; shove; squeeze
Context examples:
Stuff money into an envelope / She thrust the letter into his hand
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They thrust the books into the box
Meaning:
Make a thrusting forward movement
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lunge; hurtle; hurl; thrust
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):
dart (move with sudden speed)
riposte (make a return thrust)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
thrust; force
Context example:
She forced her diet fads on him
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):
stick; sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Meaning:
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pierce; thrust
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):
lance (pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight)
gore (wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument)
horn; tusk (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk)
empale; impale; spike; transfix (pierce with a sharp stake or point)
center punch (make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill)
peg (pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into)
stick (pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument)
stick (pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Push upward
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
push up; thrust
Context example:
The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out (extend out or project in space)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Place or put with great energy
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
throw; thrust
Context examples:
She threw the blanket around the child / thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
Hypernyms (to "thrust" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thrust"):
pop (put or thrust suddenly and forcefully)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
