Thrust

1. push
2. poplars thrusting their branches upward; thrust out his finger.
3. She thrust herself through the crowd. He was thrust into a position of awesome responsibility.
4. To include or interpolate improperly.
5. To stab; pierce.
6. To shove something into or at something else; push.
7. To pierce or stab with or as if with a pointed weapon.
8. To force one's way.
9. A forceful shove or push.
10. A driving force or pressure.
11. The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases.
12. A piercing movement made with or as if with a pointed weapon; a stab.
13. The whole thrust of the project was to make money.
14. Outward or lateral stress in a structure, such as an arch.
15. An attack or assault, especially by an armed force.