Push

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it.
  • intransitive verb. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove.
  • intransitive verb. To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
  • intransitive verb. To force (one's way).
  • intransitive verb. To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure.
  • intransitive verb. To extend or enlarge.
  • intransitive verb. To approach in age.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To promote or sell (a product).
  • intransitive verb. To sell (a narcotic) illegally.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To exert pressure or force against something.
  • intransitive verb. To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward.
  • intransitive verb. To advocate or recommend something insistently.
  • intransitive verb. To expend great or vigorous effort.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of pushing; a thrust.
  • noun. The act of pressing.
  • noun. A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive.
  • noun. A provocation to action; a stimulus.
  • noun. Persevering energy; enterprise.
  • phrasal verb. To treat or threaten to treat roughly; intimidate.
  • phrasal verb. To set out; depart.
  • phrasal verb. To continue or proceed along one's way.
  • idiom. (push paper) To have one's time taken up by administrative, often seemingly petty, paperwork.
  • idiom. (push up daisies) To be dead and buried.
  • idiom. (when/if) At a point when the situation must be confronted and dealt with.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as pish.
  • In cricket, to guide or force (the ball) away from the wicket with the bat, usually to the ‘on’ side.
  • noun. A thrust; the exercise of a driving or impelling thrust; the application of pressure intended to overturn or set in motion in the direction in which the force or pressure is applied; a shove: as, to give a thing or a person a push.
  • noun. An assault or attack; a forcible onset; a vigorous effort; a stroke; a blow.
  • noun. An emergency; a trial; an extremity.
  • noun. Persevering energy; enterprise.
  • noun. A button, pin, or similar contrivance to be pushed in conveying pressure: as, the electric bell-push.
  • noun. A pustule; a pimple.
  • noun. In cricket, a stroke by which the ball is guided or forced away from the wicket, usually to the ‘on’ side.
  • noun. A gang; a set of hoodlums; in thieves' English, a set of men associated for a special robbery; hence, a clique; a party: the Government House push; to be in with the push.
  • To strike with a thrusting motion; thrust, as with a sword; thrust or gore, as with the horns.
  • To thrust forcibly against for the purpose of moving or impelling in a direction other than that from which the pressure is applied; exert a thrusting, driving, or impelling pressure upon; drive or impel by pressure; shove: opposed to draw: as, to push a hand-cart; to push a thing up, down, away, etc.
  • To impel in general; drive; urge.
  • To press or urge; advance or extend by persistent or diligent effort or exertion: as, to push on a work.
  • To prosecute or carry on with energy or enterprise; use every means to extend and advance: as, to push one's business; to push the sale of a commodity.
  • To press hard.
  • Synonyms To hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd, force. See thrust.
  • To thrust, as with the horns or with a sword: hence, to make an attack.
  • To exercise or put forth a thrusting or impelling pressure; use steady force in moving something in a direction the opposite of that implied in the word draw: as, to push with all one's might.
  • To advance or proceed with persistence or unflagging effort; force one's way; press eagerly or persistently; hasten; usually with on, forward, etc.: as, to push on at a rapid pace.
  • To sit abaft an oar and propel a boat with forward strokes: as, to push down a stream.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A pustule; a pimple.
  • Word Usage
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    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    draw  pull  
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    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Busch  Bush  Cush  Kush  bush  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beat  click  jerk  kick  knock  
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    pushed  pushes  pushing