From HomoExcelsior

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. Shakespeare 6. To stab; pierce. 7. To shove something into or at something else; push. 8. To pierce or stab with or as if with a pointed weapon. 9. To force one's way. 10. A forceful shove or push. 11. A driving force or pressure. 12. The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the high-velocity rearward ejection of exhaust gases. 13. A piercing movement made with or as if with a pointed weapon; a stab. 14. The whole thrust of the project was to make money. 15. Outward or lateral stress in a structure, such as an arch. 16. An attack or assault, especially by an armed force.