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Meaning of thrusting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

thrusting

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To make advance with force.

    Example: We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

  2. To force something upon someone.

    Example: I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.

  3. To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

    Example: He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.

noun

Definitions

  1. The motion by which someone or something thrusts.

  2. The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.

  3. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.