Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thrust
Participle: thrust
Gerund: thrusting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| he;she;it | thrusts |
| we | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| they | thrust |
Perfect
| I | have thrust |
| you | have thrust |
| he;she;it | has thrust |
| we | have thrust |
| you | have thrust |
| they | have thrust |
Past
| I | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| he;she;it | thrust |
| we | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| they | thrust |
Pluperfect
| I | had thrust |
| you | had thrust |
| he;she;it | had thrust |
| we | had thrust |
| you | had thrust |
| they | had thrust |
Future
| I | will thrust |
| you | will thrust |
| he;she;it | will thrust |
| we | will thrust |
| you | will thrust |
| they | will thrust |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thrust |
| you | will have thrust |
| he;she;it | will have thrust |
| we | will have thrust |
| you | will have thrust |
| they | will have thrust |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| he;she;it | thrust |
| we | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| they | thrust |
Perfect
| I | have thrust |
| you | have thrust |
| he;she;it | have thrust |
| we | have thrust |
| you | have thrust |
| they | have thrust |
Imperfect
| I | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| he;she;it | thrust |
| we | thrust |
| you | thrust |
| they | thrust |
Pluperfect
| I | had thrust |
| you | had thrust |
| he;she;it | had thrust |
| we | had thrust |
| you | had thrust |
| they | had thrust |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thrust |
| you | would thrust |
| he;she;it | would thrust |
| we | would thrust |
| you | would thrust |
| they | would thrust |
Perfect
| I | would have thrust |
| you | would have thrust |
| he;she;it | would have thrust |
| we | would have thrust |
| you | would have thrust |
| they | would have thrust |
Imperative
| you | thrust |
| we | Let's thrust |
| you | thrust |
Verbs conjugated like 'thrust'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thrust'
trust,
crust,
rust,
thirst,
thrash,
thraste,
threat,
thresh,
threste,
thrift,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, yerk
- jab
- stick, stab, pierce, puncture, penetrate, shove, transfix, push
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175, from O.N.
þrysta "to thrust, force," from P.Gmc.
*thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE
*trud- "push, press" (see threat), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. The noun is recorded from 1513; fig. sense of "principal theme, aim, point, purpose" is recorded from 1968.
2. From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-. See: Middle English '
þristen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] We came to a wharf, paved with uplifted faces; got alongside, and were made fast, after some shouting and straining of cables; darted, a score of us along the gangway, almost as soon as it was thrust out to meet us, and before it had reached the ship—and leaped upon the firm glad earth again !
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Among them was a small laughing fellow, who stood aloof, entertaining himself with a gymnastic exercise for bringing the arms and chest into play; which he enjoyed mightily; especially when, in thrusting out his right arm, he brought it into contact with another boy. Like Laura Bridgman, this young child was deaf, and dumb, and blind.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Shall be pleased with his acquaintance, ” said Marks, thrusting out a long, thin hand, like a raven's claw. “ Mr. Haley, I believe ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] like the man in the Arabian Nights, and opening them again, have found but withered leaves. Below, here by the water-side, where the bowsprits of ships stretch across the footway, and almost thrust themselves into the windows, lie the noble American vessels which have made their Packet Service the finest in the world. They have brought hither the foreigners who abound in all the streets: not, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] labour was suspended, and the prisoners were in their cells. Imagine these cells, some two or three hundred in number, and in every one a man locked up; this one at his door for air, with his hands thrust through the grate; this one in bed (in the middle of the day, remember ); and this one flung down in a heap upon the ground, with his head against the bars, like a wild beast. Make the rain pour [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] early, those men and boys who happened to have nothing particular to do, and were curious in foreigners, came (according to custom ) round the carriage in which I sat; let down all the windows; thrust in their heads and shoulders; hooked themselves on conveniently, by their elbows; and fell to comparing notes on the subject of my personal appearance, with as much indifference as if I were a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There is no doubt that the meal, at which the invitation was tendered to me which has occasioned this digression, was disposed of somewhat ravenously; and that the gentlemen thrust the broad-bladed knives and the two-pronged forks further down their throats than I ever saw the same weapons go before, except in the hands of a skilful juggler: but no man sat down until the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Do hear the darlin talk ! ” said Mammy, as Eva thrust it into her bosom, and kissing her, ran down stairs to her mother.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] but seeing them with this air of total unconcern, and having his wet pipe presented to him with an oath by the soldier who had been by far the most anxious of the party, he stuck it in his mouth, thrust his hands into his moist pockets, and without even shaking the water off his clothes, walked on board whistling; not to say as if nothing had happened, but as if he had meant to do it, and it had [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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One day, when Topsy had been sent for by Miss Ophelia, she came, hastily thrusting something into her bosom.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)