(~s, ~ing, ~)
1.
If you ~ something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force.
They ~ him into the back of a jeep...
= shove
VERB: V n prep/adv
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Thrust is also a noun.
Two of the knife ~s were fatal.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way.
She ~ her way into the crowd...
= push
VERB: V way prep/adv
3.
If something ~s up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. (LITERARY)
An aerial ~ up from the grass verge...
A ray of sunlight ~ out through the clouds.
VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep
4.
Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction.
It provides the ~ that makes the craft move forward.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
The ~ of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses.
The main ~ of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation...
N-SING: adj N, usu N of n
6.
cut and ~: see cut