Thrust vs Swim - What's the difference?
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(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
(lb) To make advance with .
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(lb) To something upon someone.
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(lb) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
(lb) To push or drive with force; to shove.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Into a dungeon thrust , to work with slaves.
(lb) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:And thrust between my father and the god.
To stab; to pierce; usually with through .
(archaic) To float.
* 2 Kings VI:6 (KJV)
*Wm. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
* Dryden
(uncommon) To cause to swim.
To be overflowed or drenched.
* Psalm VI:6 (KJV)
* Thomson
To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
An act or instance of swimming.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
(UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
As a noun thrust
is (fencing) an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.As a verb thrust
is (lb) to make advance with.As an initialism swim is
someone who isn't me; someone who isn't myself.thrust
English
Noun
(en noun)- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.
Synonyms
* (push, stab, or lunge forward ): break, dart, grab * (force generated by propulsion ): lift, push * (primary effort or goal ): focus, gist, pointVerb
Synonyms
* (advance with force) attack, charge, rush * (force upon someone) compel, charge, force * (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully) dart, reach, stabswim
English
Verb
- And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim .
- Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.
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- ''For exercise, we like to swim laps around the pool.
- I want to swim the 200-yard breaststroke in the finals.
- Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
- to swim a horse across a river
- Half of the guinea pigs were swum daily.
- I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim .
- to swim wheat in order to select seed
Derived terms
* sink or swim * swim like a fish * swimmerNoun
(en noun)- I'm going for a swim .