skate vs thrust

skate

verb
  • To move smoothly and easily. 

  • To use the skating technique. 

  • To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. 

  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. 

  • To skateboard. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the technique of skating. 

noun
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating 

  • A worn-out horse. 

  • A mean or contemptible person. 

  • A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. 

  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body. 

  • The act of skateboarding 

thrust

verb
  • To make advance with force. 

  • To stab; to pierce; usually with through. 

  • To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. 

  • To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully. 

  • To push or drive with force; to shove. 

  • To force something upon someone. 

noun
  • A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) 

  • An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. 

  • The primary effort; the goal. 

  • The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine. 

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