thrust English · revision 15398

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1175}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /θɹʌst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|thrusten]], [[bor|non|þrýsta|t=to thrust, force, press]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*þrūstijaną]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) perhaps cognate with [[la|trūdō|t=to push, shove]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*trewd-|t=to push, press]] (see [[threat]]), though the OED finds this doubtful.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To push with force: probably before 1200, in Layamon's ''Brut'', in Barnhart, about 1200 in Etymonline;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the OED's earliest form is from about 1175.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English it also meant to stab with a weapon.^(Etymonline) The noun, an act of pressing, is from 1513, in Gavin Douglas's ''Aeneid'',^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) and the act of pushing with force from 1580–83, in Sidney's ''Arcadia''.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The propulsive force of an engine is from 1708 in Etymonline, 1870 in Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The figurative sense, the main point or gist of an argument, is American English from 1963.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1175 – thrust.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1513 – an act of pressing (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1580–83 – a forceful push.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1708 – propulsive force.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1963 – the gist (US).^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To push suddenly or forcefully: ''she thrust it into the fire''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To force upon someone or into a situation: ''thrust into the limelight''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To stab or pierce; to force one's way.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A sudden forceful push or lunge.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The force produced by a jet or [[rocket]] engine that drives it forward.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The main point or purpose of an argument or policy.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[thruster]]

+ * [[thrustful]]

+ * [[counterthrust]]

+ * [[outthrust]]

+ * [[overthrust]]

+ * [[unthrust]]

+ * [[upthrust]]

+ * [[underthrust]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[threat]]

+ * [[intrude]]

+ * [[extrude]]

+ * [[protrude]]

+ * [[abstruse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}