Noun

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

Verb

• S: (v) thrust (push forcefully) "He thrust his chin forward"
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• S: (v) jab, prod, stab, poke, dig (poke or thrust abruptly) "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
• S: (v) stab, jab (stab or pierce) "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"
• S: (v) shoulder (push with the shoulders) "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
• S: (v) boost (push or shove upward, as if from below or behind) "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"
• S: (v) force, drive, ram (force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically) "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
• S: (v) ram, ram down, pound (strike or drive against with a heavy impact) "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
• S: (v) punch (drive forcibly as if by a punch) "the nail punched through the wall"
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• S: (v) dig (thrust down or into) "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) push, force (move with force) "He pushed the table into a corner"
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• S: (v) thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze (press or force) "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
• S: (v) lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust (make a thrusting forward movement)
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• S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
• S: (v) pierce, thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
• S: (v) thrust (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)
• S: (v) thrust, push up (push upward) "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
• S: (v) throw, thrust (place or put with great energy) "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"