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Noun thrusting has 1 sense

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"
--₁ is a kind of gesture

Derived form: verb thrust₃

Verb thrust has 8 senses

thrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
--₁ is one way to push, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze - press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
--₂ is one way to push, force

Derived form: noun thrust₁
Sample sentence:
They thrust the books into the box
lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust - make a thrusting forward movement
--₃ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun thrust₃, noun thrust₂, noun thruster₁, noun thrusting₁
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
force, thrust - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
--₄ is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
--₅ is one way to penetrate, perforate

Derived form: noun thrust₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
thrust - geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Derived form: noun thrust₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
thrust, push up - push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
--₇ is one way to stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project

Derived form: noun thrust₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
--₈ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Derived form: noun thrust₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP