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Meaning of thrust

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  thrust
      n 1: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the
           walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn:
           {push}, {thrust}]
      2: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;
         "one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: {stab},
         {thrust}, {knife thrust}]
      3: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
         reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn:
         {drive}, {thrust}, {driving force}]
      4: verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed
         thrusts at politicians"
      5: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
         a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his
         fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poke}, {poking}, {thrust},
         {thrusting}]
      v 1: push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
      2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
         the letter into his hand" [syn: {thrust}, {stuff}, {shove},
         {squeeze}]
      3: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: {lunge}, {hurl},
         {hurtle}, {thrust}]
      4: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced
         her diet fads on him" [syn: {force}, {thrust}]
      5: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn:
         {pierce}, {thrust}]
      6: force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
      7: push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-
         on thrust up into the air" [syn: {thrust}, {push up}]
      8: place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around
         the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
         [syn: {throw}, {thrust}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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