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Push   /pʊʃ/   Listen
Push

verb
(past & past part. pushed; pres. part. pushing)
1.
Move with force,.  Synonym: force.  Antonym: pull.
2.
Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.  Synonym: bear on.
3.
Make publicity for; try to sell (a product).  Synonyms: advertise, advertize, promote.  "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
4.
Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.  Synonyms: drive, labor, labour, tug.  "We have to push a little to make the deadline!" , "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
5.
Press against forcefully without moving.
6.
Approach a certain age or speed.  Synonym: crowd.
7.
Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.  Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press.  "She is crusading for women's rights" , "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
8.
Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs).
9.
Move strenuously and with effort.
10.
Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.  Synonym: press.
noun
1.
The act of applying force in order to move something away.  Synonym: pushing.  "The pushing is good exercise"
2.
The force used in pushing.  Synonym: thrust.  "The thrust of the jet engines"
3.
Enterprising or ambitious drive.  Synonyms: energy, get-up-and-go.
4.
An electrical switch operated by pressing.  Synonyms: button, push button.  "The push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
5.
An effort to advance.



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"Push" Quotes from Famous Books



... said, "that anyhow we might as well get the horses up to the top of the path, ready to push on as soon as it gets dark. They can do it easily enough in daylight, but it would be a ...
— The Golden Canyon - Contents: The Golden Canyon; The Stone Chest • G. A. Henty

... morbid multitude. They are gayly, gently, and gladly travelling to the home of industry. Among all the pleasant sights that every moment delighted us none were more pleasant than the happy family groups, who, on every side, "push along, keep moving." Just see that mechanic; he looks as proud as a lord,—and why shouldn't he be?—with his wife leaning trustingly, lovingly on his arm. He, good man, has thrown away the saw, or plane, or any other tool of handicraft, and now his little boy—O, the delight, the wonder in ...
— Young Americans Abroad - Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, - Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland • Various

... him to strike out with his feet as in walking. Under the skate there are two "fins." These remain pressed together with the forward movement of the foot, but with the same movement as the hands take in swimming. These fins open out as the foot reaches the limit of its stride, and push back the water exactly in the same ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 6, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... advanced, the storm grew greater, and the sea very rough. Col then began to talk of making for Egg, or Canna, or his own island. Our skipper said, he would get us into the Sound. Having struggled for this a good while in vain, he said, he would push forward till we were near the land of Mull, where we might cast anchor, and lie till the morning; for although, before this, there had been a good moon, and I had pretty distinctly seen not only the land of Mull, but ...
— Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 • Boswell

... I have responded to the endearments of my dumb friends," said the baron to Pierre, "we will go into the kitchen, and examine into the condition of your larder. I had but a poor breakfast this morning, and no dinner at all, being anxious to push on and reach my journey's end before nightfall. I am as hungry as a bear, and will be glad of ...
— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier


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