Dictionary entry

Thrust (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thrust, v. i. 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

And thrust between my father and the god. Dryden.

3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. “Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.” Chapman.

To thrust to, to rush upon.

As doth an eager hound

Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. Spenser.