What is the meaning of thrust?

noun

• The force used in pushing.
  • usage: "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
  • synonyms: push
• A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.
  • usage: "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
  • synonyms: stab, knife thrust
• The act of applying force to propel something.
  • usage: "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
  • synonyms: drive, driving force
• Verbal criticism.
  • usage: "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
• A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow. )
  • usage: "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
  • synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting

verb

• Push forcefully.
  • usage: "He thrust his chin forward"
• Press or force.
  • usage: "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
  • synonyms: stuff, shove, squeeze
• Make a thrusting forward movement.
  • synonyms: lunge, hurl, hurtle
• Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
  • usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • synonyms: force
• Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
  • synonyms: pierce
• Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
• Push upward.
  • usage: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
  • synonyms: push up
• Place or put with great energy.
  • usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
  • synonyms: throw