thrust

thrust

thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrust or thrusted)

1. (intransitive) To make advance with force.

   We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

2. (transitive) To force something upon someone.

   I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.

3. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

   He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.

thrust (plural thrusts)

1. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

   Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.

2. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

   The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, ""Thief!""

3. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

   Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.

4. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

   Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.

spingere

	spinta
	Impulso esercitato su qualcosa o qualcuno al fine di proiettarlo in avanti.

	stoccata
	an attack with a sword

attacco

cacciare

conficcare

costringere

ficcare

forzare

offensiva

piantare

pressione

tassare

urtare

urto

Altri significati:

(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

push out or extend rapidly or powerfully

pole (a boat)

a lunge forward

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

(transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

force due to propulsion

(to) thrust

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

(transitive) To force something upon someone.

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

make an advance with force

stick to (one’s opinion)

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