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thrusting |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr & vb n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through {To thrust away} or {from}, to push away to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in {To thrust off}, to push away {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} or {into}, to obtrude upon to intrude, as into a room to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrusting \Thrust"ing\, n. 1. The act of pushing with force. 2. (Dairies) a The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. b pl The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made [Written also {thrutchthings}.] [Prov. Eng.] {Thrusting screw}, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thrusting n : a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poke}, {poking}, {thrust}]
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