Main entry: drive, driving force, thrust
Definition: the act of applying force to propel something
Usage: after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
Main entry: poke, poking, jab, jabbing, thrust, thrusting
Definition: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Usage: he warned me with a jab with his finger; he made a thrusting motion with his fist
Main entry: thrust, knife thrust, stab
Definition: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
Usage: one strong stab to the heart killed him
Main entry: thrust
Definition: verbal criticism
Usage: he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians
Definition: the force used in pushing
Usage: the push of the water on the walls of the tank; the thrust of the jet engines
Definition: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Usage: She forced her diet fads on him
Definition: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Definition: place or put with great energy
Usage: She threw the blanket around the child; thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
Main entry: thrust
Definition: push forcefully
Usage: He thrust his chin forward
Main entry: thrust, lunge, hurl, hurtle
Definition: make a thrusting forward movement
Main entry: shove, squeeze, thrust, stuff
Definition: press or force
Usage: Stuff money into an envelope; She thrust the letter into his hand
Definition: push upward
Usage: The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
Main entry: thrust
Definition: force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock