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push Definition

push (po̵os̸h)

transitive verb

    1. to exert pressure or force against, esp. so as to move
    2. to move in this way
    3. to thrust, shove, or drive (up, down, in, out, etc.)
    1. to urge on; impel; press
    2. to follow up vigorously; promote (a campaign, claim, etc.)
    3. to extend or expand (business activities, etc.)
  3. to bring into a critical state; esp., to make critically in need to be pushed for time
  4. to urge or promote the use, sale, success, etc. of
  5. ☆ Informal to be near or close to pushing seventy years of age
  6. ☆ Baseball, Golf to hit (the ball) and make it go to the right or, if one is left-handed, to the left

Etymology: ME posshen < MFr pousser < OFr poulser < L pulsare, to beat < pulsus: see pulse

intransitive verb

  1. to press against a thing so as to move it
  2. to put forth great effort, as in seeking advancement
  3. to move forward against opposition
  4. to move by being pushed

noun

  1. the act of pushing
  2. a thing to be pushed so as to work a mechanism
  3. a vigorous effort, campaign, etc.
  4. an advance against opposition
  5. pressure of affairs or of circumstances
  6. an emergency
  7. Informal aggressiveness; enterprise; drive

push Idioms

push comes to shove

☆

Informal matters become serious or reach a critical point where some action or decision is required: preceded by when or if

push off

Informal to set out; depart

push on

to proceed; continue advancing

push Synonyms

push

n.

shove, force, bearing, propulsion, drive, exertion, weight, straining, putting forth one's strength, shoving, thrusting, forcing, driving, exerting of pressure, lean, inducement, kinetic energy, mass, potential, reserve, impact, blow; see also pressure 1, thrust 3.

push Synonyms

push

v.

  1. To press against

    thrust, shove, butt, crowd, gore, ram, crush against, bear against, jostle, push out of one's way, bear on, lie on, shoulder, elbow, struggle, strain, exert, contend, set one's shoulder to, rest one's weight on, put forth one's strength; see also force 1.

  2. To move by pushing

    impel, accelerate, drive onward, launch, start, set in motion, put in motion, actuate, push forward, shift, start going, start rolling, budge, stir, inch along, shove along; see also drive 3, propel.

  3. To promote

    advance, expedite, urge; see promote 1.

  4. *To sell illegally

    deal in, sell under the counter, blackmarket, bootleg, moonshine; see also sell 1.

push Telecom Definition
In the World Wide Web, a technology that initiates content transmissions to users who have registered or subscribed to a service, relieving them of the requirement to initiate access to a Web site to retrieve that content, or "pull" it down. See also pull and World Wide Web.
push Usage Examples

Object

  • boundary: My research aims to push the boundaries of both the above developments.
  • envelope: Its managing director, Sarah Wilson, says: " For a UK company it's pushing the envelope.
  • button: Just push the big orange button or pull the string.
  • frontier: Momentum Arts will continue to test exciting ways of delivering projects and research new ways of pushing the frontiers of the arts forward.
  • pram: Mark pushed the pram as they passed, and the students started hurling abuse.
  • boat: It would be a typical Hammam ploy to also push the boat out for the Wales captain one day.

Preposition: on

  • stack: When an item enters the stack it is said to be pushed on the stack.

Preposition: through

  • sieve: Push through a nylon sieve to remove the pips.

Preposition: into

  • midfield: Stewart Devine was recalled on the left of the back four, allowing Ross Forsyth to push into midfield.

Adjective modifier

  • concerted: It was decades before any concerted push for testimony was made and by then time had eroded its value.

Modifies a noun

  • button: Most fog machines come with some type of remote control either in the form of a simple single push button on the budget machines.
  • toy: Fire Truck Push Toy: Sturdy wooden vehicles and just the right size f. .
  • rod: Servo push rod to master cylinder seal is type supported in a metal disk.
  • chair: Push chairs can also be loaded aboard at no extra charge.
  • bike: The push bikes AGM 2006 was held in The Woodman PH near Curzon Street station on May the 11th.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • aside: With The End of Heartache, the standard has been pushed aside.
  • through: The allen screws are just there to steady the pole once the security bolt is pushed through.
  • on: Robson's been living off the Great Escape season, but last season we were expecting to push on.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • aside: True to his word, the painting went above the fireplace, pushing aside thousands of dollars of paintings.

Preposition: of

  • button: Simple to operate at the push of a button.
push Quotes

The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.

—Sitwell, Sir (Francis) Osbert

The philosophy which isso important in each of us isnot a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means† it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

—James,William

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