drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
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 |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
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 |
single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
detached house single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
racing skiff single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
single bed | a bed for one occupant |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
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 |
single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
thrust | verbal criticism, he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians |
single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream coffee cream single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
single nucleotide polymorphism SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |
single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone |
one I ace single unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number, he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it, they had lunch at one |
function mathematical function single-valued function map mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
single out | select from a group, She was singled out for her outstanding performance |
force thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably, She forced her diet fads on him |
single | hit a single, the batter singled to left field |
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 |
single crochet single stitch | make by single stitching |
push out obtrude thrust out | push to thrust outward |
thrust | push forcefully, He thrust his chin forward |
single-foot rack | go at a rack, the horses single-footed |
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 |
discriminate separate single out | treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
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 |