noun In geology, the development of reversed faults by compression or thrust.
noun The act of pushing with force.
noun plural In cheese-making, the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made. Also thrutchings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun The act of pushing with force.
noun Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
noun Prov. Eng. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
noun [R.] the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese.
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verb Present participle of thrust.
noun The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
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noun a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
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She specially disliked what she called thrusting unpopular subjects on people's attention.
Best case: Lee continues to do what has workedso well in thrusting him from dark horse to Crystal's top rival: pick smart songs (not too worn-out, suitable for his limited range), sing more confidently, act humble and get those seemingly guaranteed unanimous raves from the judges.
French as cruelty -- just as in 1870 the Prussian Uhlans were described as thrusting through with their lances all the French babies and pinning them fast to the walls.
Consequently his pride revolted at the idea of thrusting himself where he was not wanted, and his love forbade him to persecute the woman he worshipped.
Today's vibrators with computer chips and the dozens of vibratory variations offered in some higher-end battery-powered vibes really weren't to market yet; there were no consumer "fucking machines," which is to say thrusting cock-engines; robotics was a distant dream.
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