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Push is defined as to press, force or urge a person or thing to move or go away.

(verb)

An example of push is pressing the button for an elevator.
An example of push is putting your weight against a couch to move it across the room.

The definition of a push is the act of putting pressure on someone or something to get action.

(noun)

An example of a push is a potential employer offering a car allowance to sweeten a job offer.
An example of a push is using a shove on the back of a sled to get it started downhill.

See push in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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.)
to bring into a critical state; esp., to make critically in need: to be pushed for time
to urge or promote the use, sale, success, etc. of
☆ Informal to be near or close to: pushing seventy years of age
☆ Baseball, Golf to hit (the ball) and make it go to the right or, if one is left-handed, to the left

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

intransitive verb

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

noun

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

See push in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pushed, push·ing, push·es

verb, transitive

To apply pressure against for the purpose of moving: push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market.
To move (an object) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove.
To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd.
To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure: push a child to study harder.
To bear hard upon; press.
To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
To extend or enlarge: push society past the frontier.
Informal To approach in age: is pushing 40 and still hasn't settled down.
Slang
a. To promote or sell (a product): The author pushed her latest book by making appearances in bookstores.
b. To sell (a narcotic) illegally: push drugs.
Sports To hit (a ball) in the direction toward the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.

verb, intransitive

To exert outward pressure or force against something.
To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward.
To expend great or vigorous effort.

noun

The act of pushing; thrust: gave the door a swift push.
A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive: a push to democracy.
A provocation to action; a stimulus.
Informal Persevering energy; enterprise.

Phrasal Verbs: push around Informal To treat or threaten to treat roughly; intimidate. push off Informal To set out; depart: The infantry patrol pushed off before dawn. push on To continue or proceed along one's way: The path was barely visible, but we pushed on.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pusshen

Origin: , from Old French poulser, pousser

Origin: , from Latin pulsāre

Origin: , frequentative of pellere, to strike, push; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots

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