(a) To push, jostle; ~ in, thrust inside; (b) to push (sb. or sth.), shove; push (sth.) forcefully (into sth., above sth., etc.), drive, force; also fig.; ~ abak (adoun, awei, doun, in, oute, to); ~ abrode, push (a vein) out, distend; ~ over, knock (sb.) over; (c) to push back against control or restraint;—used fig.; (d) ppl. thristed, ?afflicted with a hernia; also, swollen, distended.

(a) To exert pressure with (a finger, an arm); apply pressure to (a bandage, the edge of a wound); also, press down on (someone's shoulders); ~ doun (in); (b) to stamp (an image of sth.), impress; cause a lingering mark of (an affliction in a part of the body); (c) to make (sth.) dense, contract, compress; also fig. of a person; also, constrict (a bodily channel); ~ togeder (togederes); ben thristed, be packed or crowded; be compact; ppl. thristed as adj.: flattened; (d) to squeeze out (a liquid); ~ oute, wring or squeeze out (liquid); also fig.; also, squeeze out (an eye); ppl. thristinge, squeezing, expulsive; (e) to embrace (sb. or sth.); ~ togeder (togederes), clench (a hand); grasp (sth.) tightly; also, clasp (one's hands); (f) to crush (sb., ribs); ~ in sonder.

(a) In phrases: ~ adoun (doun), to trample (sb. or sth.); also fig.; (b) to oppress (sb.), make miserable; force (sb. into thralldom, manual labor, etc.); also fig.; suppress (activity) [quot. ?c1425]; ~ adoun (doun).

(a) To thrust with a weapon, stab; ~ mid word, fig. threaten or insult somebody; ~ oute, thrust outwards; (b) to drive (sth. pointed into or through sth.), ram; ~ in, drive (a sword) in; (c) to stab (sb.), pierce; also fig.; ~ doun, ?cut (sb.) down; ~ oute, put out (an eye); ~ thurgh, run (sb.) through; (d) to strike (a blow).