Push
[pʊʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of applying force in order to move something away; 'he gave the door a hard push'; 'the pushing is good exercise'.
(noun.) an effort to advance; 'the army made a push toward the sea'.
(noun.) the force used in pushing; 'the push of the water on the walls of the tank'; 'the thrust of the jet engines'.
(verb.) press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; 'He pushed her to finish her doctorate'.
(verb.) move with force, 'He pushed the table into a corner'.
(verb.) press against forcefully without moving; 'she pushed against the wall with all her strength'.
(verb.) move strenuously and with effort; 'The crowd pushed forward'.
(verb.) approach a certain age or speed; 'She is pushing fifty'.
(verb.) sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); 'The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs'.
Typist: Perry--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A pustule; a pimple.
(v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
(v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
(v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
(v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
(v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
(v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
(v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
(v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
(n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
(n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
(n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
(n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.[2]. Urge, press forward.[3]. Force, press, drive.[4]. Importune, tease.
v. n. [1]. Thrust, make a thrust.[2]. Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.[3]. Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.
n. [1]. Thrust.[2]. Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Press, drive, impel, shove, press_against, propel, butt, thrust, urge,expedite, accelerate, reduce
ANT:Pull, draw, drag, adduce
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Definition
v.t. to thrust or press against: to drive by pressure: to press forward: to urge: to press hard: to thrust as with a sword.—v.i. to make a thrust: to make an effort: to press against: to burst out.—n. a thrust: an impulse: assault: effort: exigence: (Bacon) a pustule a pimple eruption.—n. Push′er one who pushes: a stem or rod.—adj. Push′ing pressing forward in business: enterprising: vigorous.—n. Push′ing-jack an implement for starting a railway-carriage &c.—adv. Push′ingly.—n. Push′-pin (Shak.) a children's game in which pins are pushed alternately.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success especially in politics. The other is Pull.
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Examples
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The eastern armies did not so much defeat him as push past him, and Paris capitulated in March. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I shall push on to Burkesville, and if a stand is made at Danville, will in a very few days go there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is my auspicious hand that has given the first push to your fortune in the world. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He got onto his elbows, stretched the left leg well behind him with both hands and a far, sweating, push with the right foot and there he was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Hence it provides a further push to social progress. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Wright's corps pushed to Hanover Court House. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I lightly pushed the heavy leaf; would it yield? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It appeared to be something interesting, for every one was pushing and striving to get nearer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wait, she whispered, leave them to me, and pushing me advanced, all defenceless and unarmed, upon the snarling banths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- So there is no loss, the gypsy said and pushing the blanket aside he came out into the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They were shouting and pushing and they made a noise now like an animal and they were all shouting 'Open up! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No, no, not to-night, said Meyler, pushing me from him, without looking at me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And as for Pilar pushing her onto you, all Pilar did was be an intelligent woman. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Oh, I read no literature now, said Lydgate, shutting the book, and pushing it away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Every time we squeeze the bulb of an atomizer, we force compressed or condensed air through the atomizer, and the condensed air pushes the liquid out of the nozzle (Fig. 51). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Weevle moodily pushes the snuffers-tray from him with his elbow, leans his head on his hand, puts his feet on the fender, and looks at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The atmosphere pressing downward on _a_ pushes water after the rising piston _b_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The man pushes down with a force of 100 pounds, but with that amount succeeds in prying up the 600-pound bowlder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It almost always happens, in these cases, that some insignificant matter pushes itself in front and makes much of itself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When the piston is lowered, compressed air is driven through the rubber tubing, pushes open an inward-opening valve in the tire, and thus enters the tire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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