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.

the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"