THRUST meaning: Force exerted by engine propulsion

We found 50 dictionaries that define the word thrust:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

thrust: Merriam-Webster.com
thrust, thrust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
thrust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
thrust: Collins English Dictionary
thrust: Vocabulary.com
Thrust, thrust: Wordnik
thrust: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
thrust: Wiktionary
thrust: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
thrust: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
thrust: Infoplease Dictionary
thrust: Dictionary.com
thrust (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
thrust: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Thrust (album), Thrust (disambiguation), Thrust (game), Thrust (rapper), Thrust (science fiction magazine), Thrust (video game), Thrust: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Thrust: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
thrust: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
thrust: Rhymezone
thrust: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
thrust: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
thrust: Free Dictionary
thrust: Mnemonic Dictionary
thrust: Dictionary/thesaurus
thrust: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

thrust: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
thrust: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

thrust: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
thrust: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

Arms and Armour (No longer online)
THRUST: Acronym Finder
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thrust: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
Thrust: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
THRUST: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

thrust: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Thrust: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
thrust: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Explosives (No longer online)
PUMP AND SEAL TERMS (No longer online)
thrust: Chapters in the Sky
Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
▸ noun:  A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
▸ noun:  The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To make advance with force.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To force something upon someone.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
▸ verb:  To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Similar:

lunge, stab, jab, drive, pierce, poke, shove, hurl, squeeze, stuff, more...

Opposite:

pull, withdraw, retreat, recede, draw, back

Types:

jet, rocket, ramjet, pulsejet, scramjet, more...

Phrases:

thrust upon, thrust in, thrust out, thrust on, thrust forward, more...

Adjectives:

main, major, forward, general, horizontal, basic, upward, central, whole, final, axial

Colors:

red, orange, yellow, gold, scarlet, more...

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