impf & ·p.p. of thrust.
2. thrust ·vi to enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
3. thrust ·noun an attack; an assault.
4. thrust ·noun & ·v thrist.
5. thrust ·noun the breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
6. thrust ·vi to push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
7. thrust ·vt to stab; to pierce;
usually with through.
8. thrust ·vi to make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
9. thrust ·vt 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.
10. thrust ·noun 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.
11. thrust ·noun 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.