drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
jab jabbing poke poking thrust thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow), he warned me with a jab with his finger, he made a thrusting motion with his fist |
stab thrust knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument, one strong stab to the heart killed him |
lunge straight thrust passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
knife fight snickersnee cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
axle | a shaft on which a wheel rotates |
axle bar | an iron bar that serves as an axletree |
breech rear of barrel rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
dead axle | an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it |
live axle driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
rear back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |
rear window | car window that allows vision out of the back of the car |
taillight tail lamp rear light rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution |
thrust stage | a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides |
wheel and axle | hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel |
c buttocks nates arse butt backside bum buns can fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior prat rear rear end rump stern seat tail tail end tooshie tush bottom behind derriere fanny ass a d | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on, he deserves a good kick in the butt, are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? |
thrust | verbal criticism, he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians |
rear | the back of a military formation or procession, infantrymen were in the rear |
back rear | the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer, he stood at the back of the stage, it was hidden in the rear of the store |
rear backside back end | the side of an object that is opposite its front, his room was toward the rear of the hotel |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
rear admiral | an admiral junior to a vice admiral |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
axle grease | a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles |
force thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably, She forced her diet fads on him |
rear-end | collide with the rear end of, The car rear-ended me |
pierce thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
throw thrust | place or put with great energy, She threw the blanket around the child, thrust the money in the hands of the beggar |
raise erect rear set up put up | construct, build, or erect, Raise a barn |
push out obtrude thrust out | push to thrust outward |
thrust | push forcefully, He thrust his chin forward |
rear rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds, The horse reared in terror |
rear back | rear backwards on its hind legs, the frightened horse reared back |
rear back | start with anger or resentment or in protest |
rear erect | cause to rise up |
barge thrust ahead push forward | push one's way, she barged into the meeting room |
lunge hurl hurtle thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
thrust stuff shove squeeze | press or force, Stuff money into an envelope, She thrust the letter into his hand |
rear raise bring up nurture parent b | bring up, raise a family, bring up children |
rise lift rear | rise up, The building rose before them |
thrust push up | push upward, The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air |
thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock |
rear(a) rearward(a) | located in or toward the back or rear, the chair's rear legs, the rear door of the plane, on the rearward side |