Antonyms for thrust

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : thruhst

Phonetic Transcription : θrʌst

Definition of thrust

Origin : late 12c., from Old Norse þrysta "to thrust, force," from Proto-Germanic *thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE *trud- "push, press" (see threat), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. The noun is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "principal theme, aim, point, purpose" is recorded from 1968.

noun point of communication
noun forward movement
verb push hard

Example sentences :

A broken kitchen knife had been thrust through a bit of the paper on the box.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Viviette followed him, but he turned on her rudely and thrust her back.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

But mark these houses, Alleyne, how they thrust forth upon the top.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But that choice is not thrust upon us by the nature of things.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

They found her afterwards by her own hearthstone, thrust through by a Frenchman's bill.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

His head was thrust forward menacingly, and his eyes were savage.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

For very fear of himself, he thrust his hands in the pockets of his Norfolk coat.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"Because I want to do it myself," she said at last, and thrust the envelope into the flame.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He won eighty dollars, and thrust it loose in his trousers pocket.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He thrust it back into his pocket, but his hand retained its grasp of it.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for thrust

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