Definition of Thrust

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Thrust

Thrist.

of Thrust

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.

To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.

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.

An attack; an assault.

The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

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Thrust Quotations

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
Thomas Paine

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
Black Elk

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Martin Buber

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
John W. Gardner

Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
Eric Clapton

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void.
Levi Strauss

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.
Robert Duvall

Thrust Translations

thrust in Dutch is duwen, stoten, dringen, douwen
thrust in French is buter
thrust in Italian is urtare
thrust in Latin is ictus, ictus
thrust in Swedish is anfall

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