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thrust
English
Etymology
From Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijan?, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
thrust (countable and uncountable, plural thrusts)
- (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.
Synonyms
- (push, stab, or lunge forward): break, dart, grab
- (force generated by propulsion): lift, push
- (primary effort or goal): focus, gist, point
Translations
Verb
thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrust or thrusted)
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on 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.
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- And thrust between my father and the god.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
Synonyms
- (advance with force): attack, charge, rush
- (force upon someone): compel, charge, force
- (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully): dart, reach, stab
Translations
Anagrams
- 'struth, Hurtts, struth, thurst, truths
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siege
English
Alternative forms
- syege (15th - 16th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *s?dicum, from Latin s?dic?lum, s?d?cula (“small seat”), from Latin s?d?s (“seat”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?j IPA(key): /si?d?/
- Rhymes: -i?d?
Noun
siege (plural sieges)
- (heading) Military action.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
- The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (heading) A seat.
- (obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vii:
- To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vii:
- (obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
- (obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- A flock of heron.
- (obsolete) A toilet seat.
- (obsolete) The anus; the rectum.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
- Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
- (obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- (obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
- (obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
- (obsolete) A workman's bench.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
- (obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (place with a toilet seat): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Derived terms
- siegehouse
- siege tower
- state of siege
Translations
Verb
siege (third-person singular simple present sieges, present participle sieging, simple past and past participle sieged)
- (transitive, uncommon) To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
- Synonym: besiege
Translations
Anagrams
- Geise, Giese
German
Verb
siege
- inflection of siegen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle French
Noun
siege m (plural sieges)
- siege (prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition)
- seat (place where one sits)
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