Meaning

6 senses
  1. (intransitive)To make advance with force.

    We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

    schieben, stoßen, entgegenwerfen

    наступа́тьnastupátʹ

    press or force

  2. (transitive)To force something upon someone.

    I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.

    aufdrängen, drängen

    навя́зыватьnavjázyvatʹ

  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.

    Towers thrusting skyward.

    stoßen, stechen, stecken

    пиха́тьpixátʹ, пихну́тьpixnútʹ, толка́тьtolkátʹ

    push forcefully

  4. (transitive)To push or drive with force; to shove.

    to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument

  5. (intransitive)To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

  6. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Examples

37 sentences
  1. I thrust my hand into my pocket.

    ruЯ сунул руку в карман. — odexed

    deIch steckte meine Hände in die Taschen. — xtofu80

  2. He thrust some coins into my pocket.

    Він засунув кілька монет мені до кишені. — deniko

    deEr steckte ein paar Münzen in meine Tasche. — pne

  3. Don't thrust your knife into the cheese.

  4. I thrust my way through the crowd.

    deIch bahnte mir einen Weg durch die Menge. — Zaghawa

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  5. He thrust the money into his pocket.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
make an advance with force:
force something upon someone:
push out or extend rapidly or powerfully:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
make an advance with force:
force something upon someone:
push out or extend rapidly or powerfully:

Origin

From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possi

From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

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Forms

thrusts, thrusting, thrust, thrust
Base formthrust · to thrust
3rd person singularthrusts
Present participlethrusting
Past simplethrust / thrusted
Past participlethrust / thrusted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrust
he, she, itthrusts

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrust

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrust
he, she, ithas thrust

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thrust

Synonyms

50 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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