thrust

thrust

verb

Definition of THRUST

1

to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one <the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse>

Synonyms drive, propel, shove, thrust

Related Words impel, move; bear (down), compress, depress, jam, pressure, squash, squeeze, weigh (upon); bulldoze, compel, force, lean (on or against), muscle, ram

2

to move or extend upward <the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley>

Synonyms arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Related Words surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge