thrustn.
/θrʌst/ I. Senses relating to pressure or pushing.† 1. An act of pressing or pressure (see thrust v. 4); chiefly figurative ‘pinch’, hardship. Obsolete.In heap and thrust, apparently used attributive = heaped up and pressed down; cf. 1678 at thrutch n.† 2. Pressure or pushing of a crowd, jostling, crowding; a crowd, throng, ‘press’. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun]
distressc1384
press?1440
presseragec1450
thresting1481
thringing1483
thrust1513
squass1528
pressionc1540
squizing1565
pressure1601
squeezing1611
squishing1647
contrusiona1691
coercion1830
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > overpowering pressure of an adverse force
stressc1400
distress1485
thrust1513
straint1534
heft1587
pinchc1594
rack1806
pend1823
water stress1991
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > measurement of capacity [phrase] > heaped up and pressed down
heap and thrust1670
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ii. 33 Withdraw the from na perrellis, nor hard thrist.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 548 Tak tent in tyme or ȝe be put in thrist.
a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxiv. 76 Sen thou art thrald, think thou mon thole a thrist.
1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 91 16000 Bushels of Chaff or Hulls worth 3 pence the Bushel heap and thrust.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > crowded condition or crowding
press?c1225
thronga1400
frequence1535
thrust1565
frequency1570
throngness1691
squeeze1802
crush1806
crowdedness1823
condensation1828
density1851
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Arceo Arctum theatrum..wherin is great thronge or thrust.
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 295 They were verie faint with the great thrust and throng of the people.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. xvii. 366 What can he do,..In that confusion, trouble, thrust and throng?
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iii. 52 In thrust did all men draw About their entry.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1746) IV. xx. 164 Two of them, bold Crack-ropes, came among the Thrust.
3. Mechanics, etc.
a. A pushing force exerted by one part of a structure, etc. upon another contiguous part: spec. (a) Architecture etc. Such a force exerted laterally by an arch or other part of a building or structure against an abutment or support; (b) the driving force exerted by a paddle or propeller-shaft in a ship or aeroplane; (c) Mining: see quot. 1881; (d) Geology a compressive strain in the earth's crust; (e) the propulsive force developed by a jet or rocket engine.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > slow bulging of floor or sagging of roof
thrust1708
squeeze1789
creep1813
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > thrust
impulsion?a1475
trusion1656
bear1674
thrust1708
push1715
bearing1753
shoot1772
out-thrust1842
the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > propulsion > propulsive force
impetus1656
vis a tergo1822
thrust1869
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > [noun] > kinetics > thrust or propulsive force
thrust1869
society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > thrust
thrust1870
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > deformation under stress
shear1888
flow1889
thrust-movement1890
crush1893
creep1900
thrust1903
underthrusting1908
society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > thrust > of jet or rocket engine
thrust1933
jet lift1947
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 11 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) [Lest it] bring a Thrust, or a general Crush in one of your Collieries.
1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 44 The lower an Arch is, in proportion to its Opening, the greater is the Thrust it exerts against its Piers.
1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) vii. 404 In..truss-frame bridges..there is no thrust or pressure against the abutments, as in arched bridges.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 8 Intended to aid in distributing the thrust of the paddleshaft.
1870 4th Ann. Rep. Aëronaut. Soc. 1869 9 The thrust of aërial screw propellers.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 186 Thrust, the breaking down or the slow descent of the roof of a gangway. Compare Creep.
1903 Nature 12 Feb. 359/1 Local thrusts and shear slips took place again, fragmenting the previous thrust-masses and igneous intrusions.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 4/1 The result of revolving a screw in water or air is to project a current..in a direction approximately parallel to the axis of the screw, and the reaction from this in the opposite direction to which the current is flowing is called the ‘thrust’, and the aim of every designer is to obtain the greatest possible thrust from any given dimensions of propeller when working at its designed speed.
1933 Aircraft Engin. Jan. 22/2 This series of tests were undertaken to determine how much the reaction thrust of a jet could be increased by the use of thrust augmentors.
1950 Sci. News 15 72 Since news of Whittle's jet engine was released there has been a popular misconception that if there is no atmosphere for the exhaust gases to push against there will be no thrust.
1977 R.A.F. Yearbk. 31/1 Recovery..involves unstalling the wing and re-establishing lift rather than blasting the aircraft out with thrust.
1982 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 16/5 The engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust (6,000 lb) than the original models.
1983 D. Stinton Design of Aeroplane vii. 297 A propeller consists of a number of wing-like aerofoils designed to convert torque into thrust.
b. Short for thrust-bearing n. at Compounds.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 167 Have every..part of the engines carefully oiled, especially cylinders, slide-valves, eccentrics, cranks, and thrust.
4. = thrustings at thrusting n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > whey
wheyc725
goat's wheya1400
whig1528
goat whey1655
thrutching?1748
thrustings1794
white whey1837
thrust1877
alum whey1883
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thrust,..the white whey which last leaves the curd in pressing.
II. Senses relating to a forcible push or lunge.
5. An act, or the action, of thrusting (thrust v. 1); a forcible push or pushing. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pushing > an act of
shovea1400
push1692
thrust1823
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > a push
piltc1300
thrutchc1400
puta1450
dinga1500
push1613
hunch1630
budge1714
bunt1767
dunch1770
jow1790
thrust1823
poke-up1905
shtup1977
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xii. 288 ‘Take away the carrion,’ (giving the bishop's corpse a thrust with his foot).
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 26 The thrust of the descending glacier.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 151 A logical thrust of the ostrich-head into the sand.
6. † d. A bout of thrusting; a contest or encounter with swords. Obsolete.
a. An act of thrusting (see thrust v. 5); a lunge or stab made with a weapon.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > stroke with pointed weapon
stroke1297
stokea1400
foinc1450
stab1530
push1563
veny1578
stoccado1582
thrusta1586
venue1591
pink1601
longee1625
stob1653
tilt1716
lunge1748
stug1808
punzie1827
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > a thrusting blow
sparc1540
job1560
push1563
thrusta1586
poss1611
jub1688
peg1728
jab1825
stab1902
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. X1v Zelmane harkening to no more wordes, began with such wittie furie to pursue him with blowes & thrusts.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 110 While we were enterchaunging thrusts and blowes. View more context for this quotation
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 142 Garments of cotten wooll so close and hard quilted, that they would beare out the thrust of a lance or sword.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 127 They were taught to bend the Bow, shoot exact, give a true thrust with a Launce.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii. i O cursed parry! that last thrust in tierce Was fatal.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 309 You were taught the thrust, but not the parry.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvii. 25 I made a thrust at him.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist xliii He depended entirely on his agility to elude the thrusts that assailed him.
b. transferred and figurative.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > an attacking thrust
venue1590
thrust1668
tilt1716
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. xi. 41 There is one thrust at your pure pretended Mechanism.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxii. 65 The faithful old heart felt a sudden thrust.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. xi. 331 White thrusts of light were darted from the sky.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 8 Those shrewd thrusts, that flashing scorn, that relentless fire,..with which..Voltaire pushed on his work of ‘crushing the Infamous’.
c. cut and thrust: see cut n.2 2c; thrust and parry (literal and figurative).
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
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barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 301 My sword with a cut-and-thrust blade.
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iv. 104 The word, sword, comprehended all descriptions, whether back-sword or basket-hilt, cut-and-thrust or rapier.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ix. 85 That..scowl with which the cut-and-thrust counts in melo-dramatic performances inform each other they will meet again.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 491 The short cut-and-thrust method of Socrates.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Oct. 1/2 A rollicking candidate whose thrust-and-parry recalls the days of the hustings.
1894 A. Birrell Men, Women & Bks. (ed. 2) 209 Swaggering Bohemians, cut-and-thrust men.
1905 Warren in Alderson Asquith ii. 20 In the rapid thrust and parry of passing repartee.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > bout or contest
scrimmage1488
venya1592
venue1601
thrust1602
fencing-match1781
1602 Earl of Northumberland Declar. 24 Apr. (P.R.O.: SP 12/284) f. 70v Hee had a fancie yt they..shold haue a thrust to gether.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 240 I should like well to have a thrust with him on the green turf.
e. The principal theme or gist (of remarks, an argument, etc.); a point, aim, or purpose. Originally and chiefly U.S.
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the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object
willeOE
errand?c1225
purposec1300
endc1305
emprisec1330
intentc1340
use1340
conclusionc1374
studya1382
pointc1385
causec1386
gamea1393
term?c1400
businessc1405
finec1405
intentionc1410
object?a1425
obtent?a1475
drift1526
intend1526
respect1528
flight1530
finality?1541
stop1551
scope1559
butt?1571
bent1579
aiming point1587
pursuitc1592
aim1595
devotion1597
meaning1605
maina1610
attempt1610
design1615
purport1616
terminusa1617
intendment1635
pretence1649
ettle1790
big (also great) idea1846
objective1878
objective1882
the name of the game1910
the object of the exercise1958
thrust1968
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun]
sentence?c1225
intent1303
tenora1387
intendment1390
strengthc1390
porta1393
meaningc1395
process1395
continencea1398
purposec1400
substance1415
purport1422
matterc1450
storyc1450
containing1477
contenu1477
retinue1484
fecka1500
content1513
drift1526
intention1532
vein1543
importing1548
scope1549
importance1552
course1553
force1555
sense?1556
file1560
intelliment?1562
proporta1578
preport1583
import1588
importment1602
carriage1604
morala1616
significancy1641
amount1678
purview1688
sentiment1713
capacity1720
spirit1742
message1828
thrust1968
messaging1977
1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 17 Apr. in White House Diary (1970) 667 He spoke well... His thrust was that we..‘make open spaces and recreation facilities a part of the daily..environment of people’.
1972 A. Chapman New Black Voices 575 The Institute of the Black World in Atlanta... Its central thrust is towards the creation of an international center for Black Studies.
1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Aug. 6/3 The thrust of your editorial..is premised on the discredited ‘compact theory’.
1977 Guardian Weekly 28 Aug. 18/4 That was the thrust of the exclusive story in the New York Times on March 10.
1977 Guardian Weekly 6 Nov. 16/1 The postwar thrust of U.S. policy..has been to enlist Thailand in an anti-Communist alliance.
1982 Church Times 15 Jan. 12/4 A major part of the thrust of my article was to dissuade others from proposing such a cutback.
7. Geology. = thrust-fault n. at Compounds.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > other types of fault
heave1802
reversed fault1852
reverse fault1865
step-fault1879
ring fracture1881
overfault1883
overlap fault1883
overthrust1883
trough fault1883
thrust1888
thrust-fault1889
offset1897
cross-fault1900
tear-fault1900
distributive fault1904
cross-break1909
slide1910
strike-slip fault1913
rift1921
splay fault1942
wrench fault1951
megashear1954
transform fault1965
transform1971
1888 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 44 420 Outliers of the ‘Fucoid-beds’ and Serpulite-grit are found,..separated from each other by major thrusts.
1910 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 66 593 Thrust is here employed in the sense of a fold-fault replacing the lower limb of an overturned anticline. Lag..is employed in the sense of a fold-fault replacing the upper limb of an overturned anticline.
1926 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 82 315 The Creag-an-Lochan Thrust. [Note] Equivalent to the ‘lag’ of E. B. Bailey [preceding quot.]; but the term ‘thrust’ is preferred and used throughout this paper for all structures indicating differential resistance to folding forces at a comparatively early stage.
1934 B. Willis & R. Willis Geol. Struct. (ed. 3) vii. 153 The term ‘thrust’ too often connotes the idea of an overthrust, whereas the structure may be an underthrust.
1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation i. 1 Overthrusts, or more simply thrusts, are faults which are inclined, in theory, at well under 45° to the horizon, and in field experience it is found that they are sometimes nearly horizontal.
1942 M. P. Billings Structural Geol. x. 184 The thrusts dip north, and the overthrust sheets have traveled northward relative to the underlying formations.
1971 C. R. Twidale Struct. Landforms iv. 98 In a normal thrust the upper block rides over the lower..but in a lag thrust the lower block is thrust forward and upwards beneath the upper.
Compounds
See also thrust-plane n.† thrust-bearing n. Obsolete a bearing designed to receive a thrust in machinery; spec. the bearing in which revolves the foremost length of propeller-shafting in a screw steamer, its function being to transmit the thrust of the shaft to the hull of the ship.
thrust augmentor n. Aeronautics a procedure or modification used with a jet engine to increase its thrust.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > parts of
flame-trap1932
thrust augmentor1933
thrust spoiler1947
reheat1948
reverser1954
thrust reverser1954
1933Thrust augmentor [see sense 3a].
1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 79/1 The pumping could be directly produced by a ducted fan, when again a thrust augmentor effect would result.
thrust augmentation n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > modification to increase thrust
thrust augmentation1956
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 534/2 Thrust augmentation for jet engines is accomplished by after~burning, reheating, water injection, etc.
1967 N. E. Borden Jet-engine Fund. 126 On some jet engines, it is advantageous to provide a means of thrust augmentation during take-off on warm or hot days.
thrust-bearer n. = thrust-bearing n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > support or bearing
headstock1688
brass1731
bearing1734
carriage1788
step1814
bearance1826
footstep1836
cod1839
pivot bearing1851
roller bearing1857
thrust-bearing1858
step-plate1869
thrust-bearer1869
needle bearing1870
journal-bearing1875
wall-bearing1875
plain bearing1893
tumbler-bearing1901
split bearing1902
sleeve bearing1907
thrust-box1918
taper roller bearing1930
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 287 In a Screw steam~ship it is necessary to make some arrangement by means of which the thrust of the propeller shaft shall be transmitted to the ship, and the injurious effects prevented which would result from the direct action of the thrust upon the machinery. For this purpose thrust-bearers are fitted.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > support or bearing
headstock1688
brass1731
bearing1734
carriage1788
step1814
bearance1826
footstep1836
cod1839
pivot bearing1851
roller bearing1857
thrust-bearing1858
step-plate1869
thrust-bearer1869
needle bearing1870
journal-bearing1875
wall-bearing1875
plain bearing1893
tumbler-bearing1901
split bearing1902
sleeve bearing1907
thrust-box1918
taper roller bearing1930
1858 Mechanics' Mag. 6 Mar. 230/2 (heading) Thrust bearing for screw propeller.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thrust-bearing (Screw-steamers).
1889 J. M. Whitham Steam-engine Design 264 Another form of thrust bearing often used consists of a single thrust collar, forged with the shaft.
1906 Sennett & Oram Marine Steam Engine 285 a An ordinary plummer block should always be fitted close to the thrust bearing to take the weight of the shaft.
thrust-block n. a block supporting a thrust-bearing; the casting or frame carrying or containing the bearings on which the collars of the propeller-shaft press.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > support or bearing > parts of
pedestal cover1875
thrust-block1893
thrust washer1954
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Jan. 5/2 The shaft in the thrust-block is twenty-five inches in diameter, and of solid steel.
1906 Sennett & Oram Marine Steam Engine 285 a Thrust blocks are carried on strong plate bearers generally fixed to not less than three frames of the ship.
thrust-box n. a box-bearing which sustains the end-thrust of a shaft ( Cent. Dict.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > support or bearing
headstock1688
brass1731
bearing1734
carriage1788
step1814
bearance1826
footstep1836
cod1839
pivot bearing1851
roller bearing1857
thrust-bearing1858
step-plate1869
thrust-bearer1869
needle bearing1870
journal-bearing1875
wall-bearing1875
plain bearing1893
tumbler-bearing1901
split bearing1902
sleeve bearing1907
thrust-box1918
taper roller bearing1930
1918 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 291 Pretty drawings in colour of such things as thrust-boxes and oil-pumps.
thrust chamber n. Astronautics (see quot. 1962).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > types of rocket engine > thrust chamber
thrust chamber1962
1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics x. 413 The rocket thrust chamber is a device into which propellants are injected and burned to form gases. The basic components of the thrust chamber are the injector, the combustion chamber, and the exhaust nozzle.
thrust-collar n. each of the series of collars on a propeller-shaft, through which the thrust of the shaft is transmitted to the thrust-block and thence to the hull of the ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
1889Thrust-collar [see sense 6c].
thrust-fault n. Geology a reversed fault: = overfault n.; in modern use, a low-angle reverse fault; also, any low-angle fault; = sense 7 above.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > other types of fault
heave1802
reversed fault1852
reverse fault1865
step-fault1879
ring fracture1881
overfault1883
overlap fault1883
overthrust1883
trough fault1883
thrust1888
thrust-fault1889
offset1897
cross-fault1900
tear-fault1900
distributive fault1904
cross-break1909
slide1910
strike-slip fault1913
rift1921
splay fault1942
wrench fault1951
megashear1954
transform fault1965
transform1971
1889 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1888 659 He suggested a thrust-fault through the Mendip axis carrying its upper portion northward.
1903 Nature 20 Aug. 375/1 The overfolding and repetition of strata by thrust-faults.
1915 C. Schuchert in Pirsson & Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. I. xiv. 344 Reverse faults..having a gently inclined fault-surface are known as thrust-faults or simply thrusts.
1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. vi. 80 Reverse or Thrust Faults... When the resulting fracture is inclined at an angle between 45° and the horizontal..the corresponding fault is described as an overthrust.
1972 J. G. Dennis Struct. Geol. xii. 271 Since thrust faults were originally considered a class of reverse faults, they should bring older rocks over younger. So many low-dip normal faults have been called thrusts, however, that we must include all low-dip faults in this class.
1980 Sci. Amer. Oct. 127/2 The thrust faults and folds indicate that the rocks were much compressed in the horizontal direction.
thrust-faulted adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective] > types of fault
normal1876
obsequent1913
sinistral1942
transcurrent1942
thrust-faulted1980
1980 Sci. Amer. Oct. 127/2 The Valley and Ridge province is characterized by folded and thrust-faulted strata of mostly unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks formed between 600 million and 300 million years ago.
thrust-faulting n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > faulting
rifting1865
thrust-faulting1912
block-faulting1921
transcurrence1971
taphrogenesis1978
1912 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 68 59 The occurrence of these inliers is due to thrust-faulting.
1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 87 224 The Purari Plateau is characterized by..extensive uplifting with the accompanying development of block-faulting, probably more normal faulting than thrust-faulting.
thrust-hoe n. see hoe n.2 1b.
thrust-mass n. Geology the displaced mass of rock in an overfault.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > mass > [noun] > of rock > between faults
cleavage-mass1871
trough fault1883
horst1893
fault-block1897
thrust-mass1901
klippe1902
slice1914
rift block1915
nappe1922
1901 Nature 24 Jan. 294/2 Three higher tiers of thrust-masses are present on the west of the Linth Valley.
thrust-movement n. movement caused by a thrust ( 3a(d)).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > deformation under stress
shear1888
flow1889
thrust-movement1890
crush1893
creep1900
thrust1903
underthrusting1908
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 238/1 An arch of Cambrian rocks..repeatedly broken on the west side by thrust-movements, causing newer beds to be driven over beds of various horizons, in some cases many thousands of feet apart in the succession.
thrust-post n. a post so placed as to take the thrust from a load or force.
thrust reverser n. Aeronautics a device for reversing the flow of gas from a jet engine so as to produce a retarding backward thrust.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > parts of
flame-trap1932
thrust augmentor1933
thrust spoiler1947
reheat1948
reverser1954
thrust reverser1954
1954 Flight Handbk. (ed. 5) xi. 164 (caption) A turbojet thrust-reverser developed by the American Boeing company. The jet is deflected by a W-shaped pair of clamshell doors.
1976 B. Jackson Flameout (1977) x. 182 At his low altitude there was simply no way he could correct the thrust reverser before he hit the deck.
thrust-ring n. a brass ring made in two halves fitted in between the collars on the thrust-shaft to transmit the horizontal thrust of the shaft to the thrust-block.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > which imparts motion
swash-platea1877
wobble plate1904
thrust-ring1906
wobbler plate1950
18.. Whitham Constr. Steam Eng. 102 Thrust-ring.
1906 Sennett & Oram Marine Steam Engine 285 a Another form of thrust block..containing separate brass thrust rings fitted in the bearing to form the rubbing surfaces.
thrust screw n. a thrusting-screw (thrusting-screw n. at thrusting n. Compounds 2); see also quot. 1888.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > axle > other parts of
clout?1523
colletc1530
stud1683
pole1730
wreath1733
virtival1794
thrust screw1858
toe-step1888
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Thrust-screw.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 374 Thrust Screw, a screw with or without the power of endlong adjustment, which takes the thrust of a revolving spindle. Examples of thrust screws occur at the top of the drill spindles of some drilling machines, and in the back centres of the headstocks of lathes.
thrust-shaft n. a propeller-shaft; spec. that part of the shaft on which are the thrust-collars.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > propeller > propeller shaft bearings
thrust-bearing1858
thrust-bearer1869
thrust1874
thrust-collar1889
thrust-block1893
thrust-shaft1893
tail-shaft1894
thrust-ring1906
1893 Daily News 6 Feb. 6/3 The Cunard steamer Umbria..will be placed in the graving dock..and refitted with new thrust shaft.
1906 Sennett & Oram Marine Steam Engine 285 a These horseshoe collars fit between the collars on the thrust shaft.
thrust spoiler n. Aeronautics a device for deflecting the flow of gas from a jet engine so as to reduce the thrust quickly without reducing the engine power.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > parts of
flame-trap1932
thrust augmentor1933
thrust spoiler1947
reheat1948
reverser1954
thrust reverser1954
1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 679/2 The thrust spoiler could be operated in one second. So that if a pilot came in with the thrust spoiled, failed to land, and wished to make another circuit, the full thrust was available in one second.
thrust vector n. a vector representing the direction (and magnitude) of the thrust produced by a jet engine, propeller, etc.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > [noun] > kinetics > thrust or propulsive force > vector
thrust vector1962
1962 Flight Internat. 82 395/1 In the pioneer SC.1 the lift units are arranged in two pairs both mounted on lateral trunnions to pivot some 25° fore and aft, in order to provide longitudinal thrust components to assist transition to and from wing-supported flight. This idea has now given way to a fixed installation with thrust-vector control.
1975 Offshore Engineer Dec. 54/2 (advt.) The whole unit, and thus the thrust vector, can be directed through 360°, which means that it has been possible to optimise the nozzle and propeller for one main flow direction.
thrust washer n. a washer (washer n.2) against which a thrust-bearing rests.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > support or bearing > parts of
pedestal cover1875
thrust-block1893
thrust washer1954
1954 Automobile Engineer 44 508/3 A tubular spacer and two thrust washers round the shaft separate the roller bearings.
1962 B.S.I. News Feb. 37 Bronze oil-retaining brushes and thrust washers for aircraft.
1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook ix. 106/2 If the line is out of centre, vary the number of shims beneath the thrust washer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
thrustadj.
With adverbs, as thrust-out adj. = out-thrust adj.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective] > specific part of body > in some direction or purposefully
out-thrust1870
thrust-out1872
1872 R. W. Buchanan St. Abe & his Seven Wives iii. 153 And with thrust-out jaw and set Teeth, the Yankee threatens yet.
1976 ‘G. Black’ Moon for Killers i. 7 He looked like a Hollywood top actor of the fifties..still almost snake-hipped, with long, thrust-out legs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
thrustv.
/θrʌst/, U.S. /θrəst/α. Middle English þrist, Middle English *þruste /y/, Middle English thryste, Middle English–1500s thrist, Middle English–1500s þristen. ▸ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1152 I shal hangen þe ful heye, Or y shal þristen vt þin eie. c1330Þrist [see sense 3a]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Mark iii. 9 Lest thei thristen hym.1483 Cath. Angl. 386/1 To Thryste downe, oppremere.c1528 Everyman (1961) 825 Go thryst the in to the grounde.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 43 Sche thristis in her tender arme into the hole of the bar.
β. Middle English þruste, 1500s–1600s thruste, 1500s– thrust, 1600s thurst. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 347 Yisterday he thristid down þe erth, and þis day þe erth þrustis hym down. 1530 [see sense 3a]. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxviv He fortuned to thruste of a stone. 1611 [see sense 3a]. 1615 [see sense 3a]. 1760 [see sense 3a]. 1828 [see sense 3a]. 1866 [see sense 3a].
2. Past tense.α. Middle English þrist, Middle English thriste, Middle English þriste, Middle English þruste (ü), Middle English thryste. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 131 He to-þruste þa stelene gate and to brec þa irene barren of helle.] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15143 Æiðer þratte oðer swiðe and þruste mid worde. c1290Þruste [see sense 1a]. a1325Ðrist [see sense 1a]. c1374Þriste [see sense 6b].
β. Middle English throste, Middle English–1500s thruste, 1500s thurst, 1500s– thrust. c1410Thruste [see sense 5a]. a1500 J. Hardyng Chron. (Ashm.) lf. 12v This Gogmagog so throste [v.rr. thraste, thrafte] Coryneus. 1535 [see sense 1c]. 1560 [see sense 1c]. 1569Thurst [see sense 6a].
γ. Middle English thristid, Middle English–1500s thristit (Scottish), 1500s thristed, 1600s–1700s thrusted. c1440 [see β. forms]. 1572Thristit [see sense 3a]. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 62 Swa in hir armis than scho him thristit.1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation iv. 174 He thrusted out Kain from the same. 1788Thrusted [see sense 6b].
3. Past participle.α. Middle English þirstyn, Middle English thrist, Middle English thriste, Middle English thryst, Middle English þryst. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8889 When þey ofte hadde put & þryst..Ȝit stirede þey nought þe leste ston. a1400Thrist [see sense 6a]. 14.. Gosp. Nicodemus (A.) 1443 And in thraldame thrist hym þou has. ▸ 1435 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 11 To god þai ȝelde no deuocion, for þe byrdyn of riches with þe whilk þai ar þirstyn to þe erth.1483 Cath. Angl. 386/1 Thriste downe, oppressus. 1495Thryst [see sense 6b].
β. Middle English thrussine (Scottish), Middle English thrustyne (Scottish), Middle English– thrust, 1500s thurst. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges vi. 38 [Dew] thrust out of the fleese [L. expresso vellere].c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 581 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 313 Bot I, vnhappy, thrustyne sare, a fut mycht nocht get forthyr-mare.c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 285 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 267 He..wes..thrussine done. 1574 [see sense 5a].
γ. Middle English þristed, Middle English thristit (Scottish), 1600s–1800s thrusted. c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 65 Þat it may..be þristed out.c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 516 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 319 His stafe..has he..in þe maste hoile..thristit ful faste. 1665Thrusted [see sense 1a].
Signification.
I. Senses relating to pressing or pushing.† 2. intransitive. To come together with force of impact; to strike together, collide. Obsolete.† 4. transitive. To press, compress, squeeze. Obsolete (except in spec. reference to cheese-making: cf. thrusting n. 2, thrusting-screw n.,thrusting-tub n. at thrusting n. Compounds 2).
1.
a. transitive. To exert the force of impact upon or against (a body) so as to move it away; to push, shove, drive. Chiefly with adverb or adverbial phr. (Now chiefly literary.)
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly
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inject1611
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sock1843
to dig in1885
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > with force or violence
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stetec1330
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runa1425
chop1562
tilt1582
jam1836
swag1958
c1175 [see α. forms].
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 328/188 Seint Clement..in grete wrath þe hire pulte a-wei and to þe grounde upriȝt þruste.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2110 .vii. lene [ears of corn]..Ðe ranc he hauen ðo ouer-cumen,..and on a stund Ðe fette ðrist hem to ðo grund.
a1400–50 Alexander 1407 Þai..Thristis ouir thikefald many threuyn bernes.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxi. f. xxxv They caught hym and thrust him out of the vyneyarde.
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 77 And vp they thrust the same [door], And softly entred in.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 185 Thrust him down staires. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia vi. 23 Another Ladle, thrusted four or five inches under water.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 222 I caused the Boat to be thrust in.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xix. 135 The glacier is forcibly thrust..against the projecting base of the mountain.
b. transferred and figurative. Applied to action of any kind having an effect analogous to that of physical pushing or moving. Often in to thrust out, to expel, eject.
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 217 Whan Sir Symon wist, þe dome ageyn þam gon, His felonie forth thrist.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 220 Ouer-oppyn eyen, lyke as they were y-thryste owte.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xxiv. D The Lorde thrust out before vs all the people of the Amorites.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. L/1 Dionysius of Syracuse is reported for his tyrannie to haue bene thrust beside his seate.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 513 King Henrie the Eighth thrust out the Monkes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 146 Though wee would haue thrust vertue out of our hearts by the head and shoulders. View more context for this quotation
1655 Bp. J. Taylor Guide Devot. (1719) 14 He only can preserve them in the same Being, and thrust them forward to a better.
1854 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) II. 2 Thrusting aside all authority but that of Reason.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 222 They were now, without any trial, without any accusation, thrust out of their house.
c. absol. or intransitive. To push against something; to make a thrust. (literal and figurative)
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (intransitive)] > push
shovea900
thrustc1275
possc1300
push1527
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > push at in order to move
thrust1535
to go to shoulder with1551
to shove at1607
c1275 [see α. forms].
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8886 Þey schouued, þey þriste, þey stode o strot.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxvii[i]. 13 They thrust at me, that I might fall.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxx One of them with his staffe, thruste at the Image of a saincte, in so muche that it fell downe and brake.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 176 They still at the door thrusting.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide
hurtle1340
to strike together1340
thrusta1400
fray1483
concura1522
shock1575
to knock together1641
intershock1650
bulgea1676
collide1700
rencounter1712
clash1715
ding1874
bonk1947
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22683 Al þe stanis þat er mad..Wit þrawing sal tai samin þrist [Gött. threst, Trin. Cambr. þrest], Þat al to pecis sal tai brist.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 115 Thir terribill monsturis sall togidder thrist And in the cluddis get the Antechrist.
3. † b. transitive. To press upon or push against; to throng, to jostle. Obsolete.† c. To press (objects) into a confined space; also, to fill (a space) densely; to crowd, cram. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To push or force one's way, as through a crowd; to crowd in; to make one's way or advance as against obstacles; to press onwards or into a place, etc. Also figurative.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly
shovec888
thrustc1330
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throngc1440
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to shoulder one's way1581
to make one's way1589
bear1594
push1602
jostle1622
force1653
way1694
squeeze1704
to push one's way1716
thrutchc1837
barge1888
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
shovec888
thringc893
thresta1225
wina1300
thrustc1330
pressa1375
throngc1440
wrestc1450
thrimp1513
to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
wrestle1591
to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
struggle1686
worry1702
crush1755
squeege1783
battle1797
scrouge1798
sweat1856
flounder1861
pull?1863
tank1939
bulldozer1952
terrier1959
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 277 Fleand fast þei þrist.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 757/1 I thrust in to a place thorowe a prease.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 694 He thristit in throw threttie all atanis.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 666/2 It will bee best abruptly to thrust into the narration.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 26 That night we came to Callipoly..and thrust into a little haven North of the towne.
1620 W. Lawson in J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (new ed.) sig. E4 They thrust vp little Brooks to spawne.
1760 J. Wesley Jrnl. 10 Aug. A person hugely daubed with gold thrust violently in.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 335 She thrust in between them.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xvii. 311 He thrust in with so earnest and sad a face that the servants let him pass.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push to > jostle
thrusta1400
thrusta1425
shove1530
jostle1575
jundy1786
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Mark v. 31 Thou seest the puple thristynge thee: and seist, Who touchide me?
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt l. 581 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 313 Bot I, vnhappy, thrustyne sare, a fut mycht nocht get forthyr-mare.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark v. f. lv Thou seist the people thrustinge the on euery syde.
?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament iii. sig. I5 Thou art thrumbled and thrusted be the multitude.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. iv. 17 That so many Angels may well stand together without much thrusting upon a needles point.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram
cramc1000
pitchc1300
thrustc1380
purra1398
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prop1568
referse1580
thwack1582
ram1590
pang1637
farcinate1638
stivea1639
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to craw outa1658
trig1660
steeve1669
stow1710
jam1719
squab1819
farcy1830
cram-jam1880
jam-pack1936
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > crowd
stuff1571
throng1578
impester1601
thrust1615
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confluence1656
frequent1667
crowd1695
c1380 [implied in: J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 319 Þristyng of ordris in oon cloystre or in oon hous. (at thrusting n. 1)].
1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iii. sig. B4 A Hall thrust full of bare-heads.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)]
thrutchc888
distrainc1381
thrust1382
pressc1390
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squidge1881
punch1903
mash1930
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (transitive)] > press cheese
thrust1382
to wring down1633
thrutch1688
1382 [see β. forms].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxiv With compressing and þrusting togederes þe wey of the breþe.
c1400 Pety Job 98 in 26 Pol. Poems 124 To thryste me doune, and me accuse.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/2 Thrystyn, or pressyn, premo, comprimo.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 757/1 I thrust togyther, je compresse... He hath thrust the appell so moche togyder that it is naugth.
1539 Bible (Great) Judges vi. 38 He..thrust the flece togeather, and wronge the dewe therout.
1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 168 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 266 He thristit hir hand agane richt prevely.
1794 T. Wedge Gen. View Agric. Chester 52 Thrusting or hand-pressing the Cheese in the Vat [cf. thrusting n. 2].
II. Senses relating to pushing forcibly.† 5.
a. To strike with a pushing action; to stab or pierce with a pointed instrument. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
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to run throughc1425
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to stab (a person) in1530
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sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action
stokea1400
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purr1564
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action
drivec1380
thrustc1410
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
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pritchOE
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spitc1430
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to run in1509
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
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push1551
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poacha1616
stocka1640
stoccado1677
stug1722
kittle1820
skewer1837
pitchfork1854
poke1866
chib1973
c1410 Chron. Eng. 671 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II The thef braid out is knyf anon, Ant to the heorte the kyng thruste.
1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Dv They..with a sharpe speare..thurst it..vnto thy blessed herte.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 186 It is Thrust through with a needle,..traiectatur acu.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 8 He was thrust in the mouth with a Speare. View more context for this quotation
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 46 I..with my sword thrust him [sc. a wild boar] twice or thrice without yet that I could enter his skinne.
1770 Trial W. Spiggot, etc. Heref. 3 That the said William Williams struck, thrusted, and stabbed him..with a certain sword.
b. intransitive. To make a thrust, stab, or lunge with a pointed weapon; spec. in Fencing. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > strike with sharp weapon [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
beakc1300
pushc1390
foin?a1400
stab1487
stogc1590
voine1596
thrust1598
chib1962
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 203 These foure..thrust at me, I..tooke all their seuen points in my target. View more context for this quotation
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 32 To strike or thrust as he shall see occasion;..to strike or thrust high or Lowe as his Adversary doth.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 443 He next his Fauchion try'd, in closer Fight;..He thrust; the blunted Point return'd again.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. xiii. 341 His sword had no more power than had he thrusted with a tobacco-pipe.
1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ii. 23 This formidable weapon served equally well to deliver blows..and to thrust with the point.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xix. 207 Thrust home!
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 404 Fancy thrust and Reason parry!
6.
a. transitive. To cause (anything, esp. something grasped in the hand) to enter, pierce, or penetrate some thing or place by or as by pushing; to put, drive, or force into some place or position.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > forcibly, firmly, or quickly
thudc1000
throwa1250
pilt?c1250
casta1300
pusha1350
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thrusta1400
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clap1559
to throw on1560
planch1575
protrude1638
shove1807
bung1825
shoot1833
slap1836
plunk1866
slam1870
spank1880
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > cause to penetrate by pushing
thrusta1400
runc1485
job1573
sock1843
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push to > jostle
thrusta1400
thrusta1425
shove1530
jostle1575
jundy1786
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 557 Als prient of seel in wax es thrist.
c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 264 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 347 Thrist it [sc. the staff] fast done in þe grownd.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xiv. 15 Thruste in thy sycle and rype.
1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 134 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 265 Scho..thristit on fatt Caponis to þe speit.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 24 He..sodenly thurst his speare into the kinges left eye.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 6 By thrusting out a Torch from yonder Tower. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (title page) Coblers must thrust their awles up to the hefts.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 147 I then fastned my Handkerchief to a Stick..and thrusting it up the Hole, waved it.
1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch i A bunch of seabirds' feathers, which he thrust into Ella's hand.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxxi, in Poems (new ed.) 140 You should have..thrust The dagger thro' her side.
b. To put forth, extend (a limb or member) into some place or in some direction; to put forth, throw out, or extend, as in the process of growth (a root, branch, or connected part) so as to project.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully
to put forthc1300
thrustc1374
to put outa1382
proferc1400
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to hold out1535
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stick1607
protrude1638
poke1700
blurt1818
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1525 (1574) With that his arm al sodeynly he þriste Vnder here nekke and at þe laste here keste.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lii In the dropesye..yf ones fynger be thryst in to the flesshe it makyth an hole other a pytte.
1596 [see α. forms]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 29 The Lyon dying thrusteth foorth his pawe. View more context for this quotation
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 189 From S. Michaels mount Southward, immediatly there is thrust forth a bi-land or demi-Ile.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlvi. 100 I perceived him thrust his tongue in his cheek.
1788 London Mag. 240 Each..thrusted his head through a hole in the curtain.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. viii. 125 Thrusting his hand in his pocket to find half-a-crown.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine x. 353 Those hills are the western roots which Hermon thrusts out towards the sea.
1912 N.E.D. at Thrust Mod. As a tree thrusts its roots deep into the soil and its branches high into the air.
c. transferred and figurative. (See also sense 7.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force
driveOE
peisec1440
thrust1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 398 Thrust thy sharpe wit quite through my ignorance. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. iii. 73 Thrusting this report Into his eares. View more context for this quotation
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 1/1 Geographers thrust into the extremities of their maps, those countries that are unknown to them.
1795 E. Burke Let. Feb. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 143 I shall say more..since you suffer me to thrust in my opinion.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iii. 38 On the art of thrusting knowledge into the minds of such children.
III. Senses relating to putting someone or something forcibly into a condition, and related uses.
7.
a. figurative. To put (a person) forcibly into some condition or course of action (usually against his own will); reflexive to put oneself rashly, ‘plunge’ (into danger, quot. 1639).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel
pullc1300
firk1340
enforce138.
pressa1393
thrust14..
impel1490
urge1576
to put (a person) to it1581
importune1598
to lay weight upon1600
riot1777
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state
needeOE
driveOE
strainc1374
halec1400
plunge?c1400
thrust14..
pulla1425
put1425
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violent?1551
forcec1592
necessitate1629
oblige1632
dragoon1689
press1733
coercea1853
thirl1871
steamroller1959
arm-twist1964
14.. [see α. forms].
1639 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 186 I will not willfully thrust myself in danger.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 179 To remedy our Evils by the thrusting us into a Civil War, and the Medicine is worse than the Disease.
1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence iv. 75 Into the concession of this Bellarmine is thrust by the force of our argument.
1750 Whitefield Let. to Lady Huntingdon 24 Mar. O that the Lord of the harvest would thrust out more labourers!
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xxii. 411 The very men who were now thrust into antagonism with his sentiments.
b. To put (something) improperly into some position; to insinuate (quot. 1574); esp. in thrust in, to introduce irrelevantly, interpolate.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]
inkle1340
induce1481
alludec1487
signifya1535
insinuate1561
to glance at (upon, against)1570
thrust1574
imply1581
adumbrate1589
intimate1590
innuate?1611
glancea1616
ministera1616
perstringea1620
shadow1621
subinduce1640
involve1646
equivocate1648
hint1648
subindicate1654
hint at1697
suggest1697
indicate1751
surmise1820
to get at ——1875
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > express indirectly, imply
insinuate1533
thrust1574
code1978
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > create version of text [verb (transitive)] > interpolate (a word or passage)
interlard1545
interfarce1567
intext1570
thrust in1574
interpolate1640
spatchcock1901
society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [verb (transitive)] > interpolate letter or word
thrust in1861
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 5 Prouoke vs to impaciencie, or thruste any douting of Gods promise into vs.
1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence Ep. Ded. sig. A4 It is..suspected, that..the tale..was a long time after..thrust in by some Monk in a place to which it relates not.
1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Supplices (ed. 2) 267 (note) The MSS. have ‘ἔχονδ’, in which ‘delta.’ seems to have been thrust in for the sake of the metre.
8.
a. To put (a person) forcibly into some position (against the will of others concerned); to intrude (some one) upon (a person or persons).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon > force into a position against will of others
thrust1559
shoeing-horn1659
shoehorn1859
1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. viii. 23 Stephen Langhton, thrust into the archebisshoppricke of Canterbury by the pope.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M8v Why would you not haue pastors to be thrust vpon the churches, whether the churches will or not?
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 586 He..conjured his friends not to vote for a candidate who would be thrust upon them by the Centre.
b. reflexive. To intrude oneself into any position, condition, or circumstances, or upon another person; to push oneself forward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner
ingere1489
ingyre1513
thrust1530
intrude1573
inthrust1605
obtrude1647
wrench1729
purr1879
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or interfere
ingere1489
thrust1530
intrude1573
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > infuse [verb (reflexive)] > intrude or insinuate > of a person
ingyre1513
thrust1530
wind1548
wreathea1571
insinuate1578
screw1602
foist1603
wimble1605
wriggle1670
worm1711
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 757/1 I thruste my selfe in to a prease or amongest a company.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. ii. 65 How dare you thrust your selues Into my priuate Meditations? View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 336 A stranger that thrusteth himself into the throne.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 177 They would thrust themselves into my company.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 185 He ceased to insist on his right to thrust himself between the First Lord and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xiv. 183 I should not feel justified in thrusting myself into her presence.
c. To put (something) forcibly (into the hands of a person); to press, force, or impose the acceptance of (upon some one).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon
to lay on11..
join1303
taxa1375
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oversetc1500
beforcec1555
impose1581
threap1582
fasten1585
intrude1592
thrust1597
enforcea1616
forcea1616
entail1670
top1682
trump1694
push1723
coerce1790
press1797
inflict1809
levy1863
octroy1865
wish1915
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 110 How..to order these affayres Thus disorderly thrust into my hands. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 141 Some are become great, some atcheeues greatnesse, and some haue greatnesse thrust vppon em.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. v. 142 She had no alternative but to assume the possession which was thus thrust upon her.
Compounds
thrust stage n. Theatre an open stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience is seated around three sides.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > other types of stage
platform stage1869
revolve1900
apron stage1903
picture stage1908
space stage1928
open stage1940
thrust stage1968
1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 1 June 22 The Fine Arts Theatre..is a compact, multipurpose amphitheater seating 600, which can be utilized for conventional theatricals, as a thrust stage, or even—with the built-in pit—for musicals and intimate opera.
1969 Guardian 28 Oct. 7/3 Knighted actors argue the merits of a ‘thrust’ stage for the costly new Sheffield Theatre.
1977 Times 25 Aug. 15/4 Kate went to the University of Toronto where they had just built a superb thrust-stage theatre.
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