[θrʌst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
(e.g: she thrust her hands into her pockets)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th century) in the sense ‘act of pressing’

[θrʌst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part
(e.g: he drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust)

- the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine
(e.g: the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models)

- a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over newer


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th century) in the sense ‘act of pressing’