3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr & vb n.
{Thrusting}.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to
thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
1. 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.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
--Milton.
2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through
{To thrust away} or {from}, to push away to reject.
{To thrust in}, to push or drive in
{To thrust off}, to push away
{To thrust on}, to impel; to urge.
{To thrust one's self in} or {into}, to obtrude upon to
intrude, as into a room to enter (a place) where one is
not invited or not welcome.
{To thrust out}, to drive out or away to expel.
{To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times
thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak.
{To thrust together}, to compress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrusting \Thrust"ing\, n.
1. The act of pushing with force.
2. (Dairies)
a The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the
whey.
b pl The white whey, or that which is last pressed out
of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is
sometimes made [Written also {thrutchthings}.] [Prov.
Eng.]
{Thrusting screw}, the screw of a screw press, as for
pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
thrusting
n : 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}]
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