Definition for THRUST

THRUST, v.i.

  1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
  2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. And thrust between my father and the god. Dryden.
  3. To intrude. Rowe.
  4. To push forward; to come with force; to press on. Young, old, thrust there / In mighty concourse. Chapman.

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