Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THRUST, v.t. [pret. and pp. thrust. L. trudo, trusum, trusito; Ch. טרד; Ar. طَرَدَ tarada. Class Rd, No. 63.]

1. To push or drive with force; as, to thrust any thing with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Neither shall one thrust another. Joel ii. John xx.
2. To drive; to force; to impel. To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. Acts vii. To thrust in, to push or drive in. Thrust in thy sickle and reap. Rev. xiv. To thrust on, to impel; to urge. Shak. To thrust off, to push away. To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. Numb. xxv. 2 Sam xviii. To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. Exod. xii. To thrust one's self, to obtrude; to intrude; to enter where one is not invited or not welcome. Locke. To thrust together, to compress.