push has definitions from the fields of electricity,physics,politics,business
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[ verb ] move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

Synonyms

force

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Push back up and repeat .

Try to push back to the stand position from the stretched position without any intermediate pushes from the hands .

He then pushes his seat into the air and the teacher guides it over .

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

We are worried about what people may do with them - that some crazy fool may `` push the button '' .

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

Obviously , a substance which is permanently or temporarily sorbed on the surface in_place_of the soil will tend to accelerate this process and effectively push off the greasy soil .

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[ verb ] press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

Synonyms

bear_on

Examples

"He pushed her to finish her doctorate"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Occasionally if I pushed him too far he 'd give me a look out of narrowed eyes and the hard cruel bony skull would show through that smooth face of his .

Related terms

urge bull nudge tug

3
[ verb ] make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

Examples

"The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model" "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

4
[ verb ] make publicity for; try to sell

Synonyms

promote advertize

Used in print

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

Convinced of the wisdom of their own actions , and reassured by the promises of their economic development programs , governments may fail to push outward to win more and more people to the national effort , becoming instead rigid and inflexible in their policies .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

In the unfertile land in Palestine humans broke their backs pushing will_power to the brink .

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[ noun ] the act of applying force in order to move something away

Synonyms

pushing

Examples

"he gave the door a hard push" "the pushing is good exercise"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

The `` push '' exercise of this Push-Pull_Super-Set is the Bench_Press done with elbows well pulled back and with a greater downward stretch of the pectorals not possible with the barbell variation .

In the third Push-Pull_Super-Set the `` push '' exercise is the wide grip Pushup_Between_Bars , while the `` pull '' exercise is the Moon_Bench_Lateral_Raise with bent arms .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Try to push back to the stand position from the stretched position without any intermediate pushes from the hands .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam tries to stop him by force , receives a push in the chest from `` Life '' , and is left standing in impotent and growing rage , while a crowd begins to gather .

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[ verb ] press against forcefully without being able to move

Examples

"she pushed against the wall with all her strength"

Related terms

press

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[ verb ] exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal

Synonyms

labor drive labour tug

Examples

"She tugged for years to make a decent living" "We have to push a little to make the deadline!" "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Mantle , it 's apparent , resented Casey_Stengel 's attempts to push and prod him into the perfection the veteran manager saw as a thrilling possibility .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

His eyes blinked hard , snapping on and squashing some bad things that were trying to push their way into him .

It always came_on , faithfully , just like a radio or juke_box , whenever he started to worry too_much about something , when the bad things tried to push their way into him .

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[ noun ] (physics) the force used in pushing

Synonyms

thrust

Examples

"the push of the water on the walls of the tank" "the thrust of the jet engines"

Used in print

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

This he did by using utterly literal means to carry the forward push of the collage ( and of Cubism in_general ) literally into the literal space in_front of the picture_plane .

Related terms

force thrust

9
[ verb ] approach a certain age or speed

Synonyms

crowd

Examples

: "She is pushing fifty"

Used in print

(Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)

Sailing activity is slowed_down by Texas northers , but power cruisers can move freely , poking_into the San_Jacinto , Trinity and Brazos_rivers ( fine tarpon fishing in the Brazos ) or pushing eastward to the pirate country of Barataria .

Related terms

approach

10
[ verb ] move strenuously and with effort

Examples

"The crowd pushed forward"

Related terms

travel

11
[ noun ] enterprising or ambitious drive

Examples

"Europeans often laugh at American energy"

12
[ verb ] (politics) 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

Examples

"The liberal party pushed for reforms" "She is crusading for women's rights"

13
[ verb ] make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

Synonyms

press

Examples

"Now push hard," said the doctor to the woman"

Related terms

demand

14
[ verb ] (business) sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)

Examples

"The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

Related terms

deal crime

15
[ noun ] (electricity) an electrical switch operated by pressing a button

Synonyms

button push_button

Examples

"the elevator was operated by push buttons" "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

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[ noun ] an effort to advance

Examples

"the army made a push toward the sea"

Related terms

progress

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