From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thrust
n 1: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the
walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn:
push, thrust]
2: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;
"one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: stab,
thrust, knife thrust]
3: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn:
drive, thrust, driving force]
4: verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed
thrusts at politicians"
5: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his
fist" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust,
thrusting]
v 1: push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
squeeze]
3: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl,
hurtle, thrust]
4: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced
her diet fads on him" [syn: force, thrust]
5: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn:
pierce, thrust]
6: force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
7: push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-
on thrust up into the air" [syn: thrust, push up]
8: place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around
the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
[syn: throw, thrust]