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Push   /pʊʃ/   Listen
verb
Push  v. t.  (past & past part. pushed; pres. part. pushing)  
1.
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; opposed to draw. "Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat."
2.
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. "If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant,... the ox shall be stoned."
3.
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. " To push his fortune." "Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor." "We are pushed for an answer."
4.
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
5.
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.


Push  v. i.  
1.
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
2.
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed. "At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him." "War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength."
3.
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten. "The rider pushed on at a rapid pace."


noun
Push  n.  A pustule; a pimple. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)


Push  n.  
1.
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
2.
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
3.
An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action. "Exact reformation is not perfected at the first push." "When it comes to the push, 'tis no more than talk."
4.
The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push. (Colloq.)
Synonyms: See Thrust.


Push  n.  A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang. (Slang)





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"Push" Quotes from Famous Books



... whose tail was so utterly inadequate to express his enthusiasm that he wagged his whole fuzzy self in the manner of an awkward fish. Never was the tiny man seated with his doll on the floor that the pup failed to pounce upon him and push him over, half a dozen times. Never did this happen that one of the men, or Jim himself, did not at once haul Tintoretto, growling, away by the tail or the ear and restore their tiny guest to his upright position. Never did such a good Samaritan fail to raise his hand for a cuff ...
— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels
... of the two household helpers, and her vivid description of their present movements, had so amused the lady that she also took up a point of observation, and was just in time to see Katharine indignantly push Moses' hand from the trunk-handle and seize it herself. It was evidently a heavier load than she had expected, for, at first, her end went down even lower than when Moses held it, yet she rallied instantly, and with all her might lifted it to a level with Susanna's, who was as instantly won by this ...
— The Brass Bound Box • Evelyn Raymond
... a low hum, swelling swiftly to a definite cry. The word "dead—dead—dead" flitted from mouth to mouth. Some turned away. Others approached as near as they dared, retreating fearfully when a push from behind ...
— Nights in London • Thomas Burke
... when the country was reduced to secure possession, and the expenditure of time as well as of money would be likely to exceed the measure of reasonable plans for a military campaign. The true thing to do was to push Rosecrans's army to Chattanooga and beyond. With the valley of the Tennessee in our possession, and Chattanooga held as a new base of supply for a column in East Tennessee as well as another in Georgia, ...
— Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1 • Jacob Dolson Cox
... vigour, wedded to thy blood, [15] Shall strike within thy pulses, like a God's, To push thee forward thro' a life of shocks, Dangers, and deeds, until endurance grow Sinew'd with action, and the full-grown will. Circled thro' all experiences, pure law, Commeasure perfect freedom.' "Here she ceased, And Paris ponder'd, and I cried, 'O Paris, Give it ...
— The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson • Tennyson


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