Definitions for thrust

• Definition
• Anagrams (68)

thrust thrust

Spelling: [thruhst]

IPA: /θrʌst/

Thrust is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in thrust (hrsttu).

Definitions for thrust

noun

1. an act or instance of thrusting; a forcible push or shove; lunge or stab.
2. a lunge or stab, as with a sword.
3. Mechanics. a linear reactive force exerted by a propeller, propulsive gases, etc., to propel a ship, aircraft, etc.
4. Geology. a compressive strain in the crust of the earth that, in its most characteristic development, produces reverse or thrust faults.
5. the main point, purpose, or essence:
6. Machinery. a pushing force or pressure exerted by a thing or a part against a contiguous one.
7. Architecture. the downward and outward force exerted by an arch on each side.
8. an organized military attack; assault; offensive.

verb (used with object)

1. to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force:
2. to put boldly forth or impose acceptance of:
3. to extend; present:
4. Archaic. to stab or pierce, as with a sword:

verb (used without object)

1. to push against something.
2. to push or force one's way, as against obstacles or through a crowd.
3. to make a thrust, lunge, or stab at something.

Origin of thrust

1125-75; Middle English thrusten, thrysten (v.) Old Norse thrȳsta to thrust, force, press

Examples for thrust

Viviette followed him, but he turned on her rudely and thrust her back.

Presidents must act at least as much as they react; they must seize the initiative and thrust their enemies on the defensive.

But that choice is not thrust upon us by the nature of things.

They found her afterwards by her own hearthstone, thrust through by a Frenchman's bill.

thrust into a world of seemingly supernatural monsters, his adventure begins.

But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.

A broken kitchen knife had been thrust through a bit of the paper on the box.

Volcanoes spewed lava and ash, ocean floors were thrust upward, sand and rock and shale settled into slurry.

But mark these houses, Alleyne, how they thrust forth upon the top.

Suddenly, a  tall, curly haired white man appeared and thrust himself in the middle of the opposing forces.