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Past tense of thrust

irregular verb

The past tense of thrust is thrust. The past participle is also thrust.

Forms of thrust

Base form (V1)thrust /θɹʌst/
Past tense (V2)thrust /θɹʌst/
Past participle (V3)thrust /θɹʌst/
Present participlethrusting
Third person singularthrusts /ˈθɹʌsts/

Meaning of thrust

  1. noun An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
  2. noun A push, stab, or lunge forward.
  3. noun The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

Full definition of thrust

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Questions about the past tense of thrust

What is the past tense of thrust?
The past tense of thrust is thrust.
What is the past participle of thrust?
The past participle of thrust is thrust.
Is thrust a regular or irregular verb?
Thrust is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thrust (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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