thrust : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- cut-and-thrust
- Home thrust
- knife thrust
- straight thrust
- thrust ahead
- Thrust bearing
- thrust fault
- thrust out
- Thrust plane
- thrust stage
To thrust away ∨from - To thrust in
- To thrust off
- To thrust on
- To thrust one's nose into
To thrust one's self in ∨into - To thrust out
- To thrust through
- To thrust to
- To thrust together
cut-and-thrust
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noun fighting with knives
snickersnee; knife fight.
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Home thrust
- a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.
Webster 1913
knife thrust
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noun a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
thrust; stab.
- one strong stab to the heart killed him
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straight thrust
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noun (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
lunge; passado.
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thrust ahead
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verb push one's way
push forward; barge.
- she barged into the meeting room
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Thrust bearing
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noun a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution
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(Screw Steamers) , a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
Webster 1913
thrust fault
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noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
overthrust fault; reverse fault.
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thrust out
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verb push to thrust outward
obtrude; push out.
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Thrust plane
(Geol.) , the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
Webster 1913
thrust stage
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noun a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
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To thrust away ∨ from
- to push away; to reject.
Webster 1913
To thrust in
- to push or drive in.
Webster 1913
To thrust off
- to push away.
Webster 1913
To thrust on
- to impel; to urge.
Webster 1913
To thrust one's nose into
- to meddle officiously in.
Webster 1913
To thrust one's self in ∨ into
- to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome.
Webster 1913
To thrust out
- to drive out or away; to expel.
Webster 1913
To thrust through
- to pierce; to stab. "I am eight times thrust through the doublet." Shak.
Webster 1913
To thrust to
- to rush upon. Obs.
Webster 1913
To thrust together
- to compress.