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Thrust

θrʌst

Thrust definitions
verb
thrusts thrusting thrust
  1. push suddenly or violently in a specified direction

    "she thrust her hands into her pockets"

    • move or advance forcibly

      "she thrust through the bramble canes"

    • extend so as to project conspicuously

      "beside the boathouse a jetty thrust out into the water"

    • force (someone) to accept or deal with something

      "he felt that fame had been thrust upon him"

noun
thrust thrusts
  1. a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part

    "he drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust"

    • a forceful attack or effort

      "executives led a new thrust in business development"

    • the principal purpose or theme of a course of action or line of reasoning

      "anti-Americanism became the main thrust of their policy"

  2. the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine

    "the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models"

    • the lateral pressure exerted by an arch or other support in a building

      "semi-domes assist in containing the thrust within the building"

  3. a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over newer