1. To Stab or Pierce: Shakespeare uses "thrust" to refer to the action of stabbing or piercing with a weapon. For example, in "Romeo and Juliet," Mercutio says, "Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as a custard; and yet again thy head cannot be broken, for I have thrust thee in the belly with my sword, and yet thy guts are no more split that a lark's tongue is long."
2. To Push or Drive: "Thrust" can also mean to push or drive with force. For instance, in "The Merchant of Venice," Bassanio says, "Thrust me a little, let me go by this."
3. To Attack or Assail: Shakespeare uses "thrust" to convey the idea of attacking or assailing someone verbally or physically. In "King Lear," Edmund says, "Thrust at your daughter, that she may feel The sharpness of your displeasure."
4. To Force or Compel: "Thrust" can imply the act of forcing or compelling someone to do something. For example, in "Hamlet," Claudius says, "Thrust her in. Make you all haste. I'll have her to my own bed, and lodge her for a night or two."
5. To Urge or Impel: "Thrust" can be used to suggest the idea of urging or impelling someone to take action. For instance, in "The Tempest," Prospero says, "Thrust thyself into my place; and if thou dost, I'll prove a traitor to mine honour, and mine age."
6. To Exert Pressure: Shakespeare employs "thrust" to convey the sense of exerting pressure or weight on something. In "The Winter's Tale," Leontes says, "Alack, for lesser knowledge! How accurs'd In being so blest! There's beggary in the love that can be reckon'd. Ah, thou, my father, gav'st me this young prince; Some four-and-twenty moons ago, in a burst Of this great joy, present'd to me a child; And, in the rapture of my bliss, sometime Against all sense and reason, I was said To have handled him as in a rapture, and Disorder'd his square form into a courbe; And nothing can so turn me back as much My having thus mistook the time and place As, yet, the monstrous rashness. Thrusting, on Every fantastic toy of being hurried Through my brain, reason and rhyme."
7. To Move Quickly or Suddenly: "Thrust" can indicate a quick or sudden movement. In "The Taming of the Shrew," Petruchio says, "Thrust the beast in, the town's full of flies."
These are some of the meanings that Shakespeare associates with the word "thrust" in his plays. The interpretation of the term can vary based on the specific context in which it is used.