thrust

English → French

thrust

English → French
/θrʌst/
1 noun
poussée feminine
  • the main thrust of his speech l’idée maîtresse de son discours
2 transitive verb
pousser violemment, [+ finger, stick] enfoncer, [+ job, responsibility] imposer (upon someone à quelqu’un)
  • to thrust one’s hands into one’s pockets enfoncer les mains dans ses poches
  • he thrust the book into my hand familier il m’a fourré le livre dans la main
3 intransitive verb
  • he thrust past me il m’a bousculé pour passer
Inflected forms (2)thrusts, thrusting

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