push
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
board-games
card-games
chess
computing
engineering
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
mathematics
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
poker
politics
professional-wrestling
sciences
snooker
sports
war
wrestling
Etymology: From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.
Inflected forms:
form: pushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: push
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: push
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: push
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: pushest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: pushedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: pushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pusheth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: push
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: push
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: push
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: pushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pushes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
gloss: To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We are pushed for an answer.
December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator
Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
gloss: To press or urge forward; to drive.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
to push his fortune
gloss: To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
They're pushing that perfume again.
There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
Earlier the premier had rejected outright suggestions, apparently being pushed by up to a third of the government’s 33-member caucus, that the government forget the deficit and launch a major public initiative to stimulate the economy.
gloss: To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Don't think that if you keep pushing harder and harder, it will make you succeed faster or earn more.
gloss: To approach; to come close to.
pos: verb
tags: informal
participle
present
regional
transitive
examples: My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
He's pushing sixty.
Don't be mad at me 'cause you're pushing thirty / And your old tricks no longer work
“I'm pushing 40 and on TikTok,” he says. “I feel old every day.”
gloss: To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
gloss: To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make a higher bid at an auction.
pos: verb
gloss: To make an all-in bet.
pos: verb
gloss: To move (a pawn) directly forward.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
pos: verb
examples: When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
gloss: To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
pos: verb
examples: Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe.
gloss: To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
gloss: To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
pos: verb
gloss: To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
pos: verb
gloss: A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
gloss: An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One more push and the baby will be out.
gloss: A great effort (to do something).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
The push to amend the Civil and Commercial Code on marriage is expected to enter parliament on Wednesday. The amendment would allow same-sex marriage […]
gloss: An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A force that impels or pressures one to act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: I guess it's just
the special curse
of working under
deadline's push
gloss: A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
uncountable
examples: server push; a push technology
gloss: A particular crowd or throng or people.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
UK
countable
obsolete
slang
uncountable
examples: Till some wild, excited person
Galloped down the township cursing,
"Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
Roll up, Dandaloo!"
My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.
gloss: A push shot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: A push-button, such as a bell push.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.
Related words: pedal pushers
push it
Derived words: push along
push around
push aside
push away
push back
push down
push forward
push in
push off
push on
push out
push over
push past
push through
push together
push under
push up
push up against
push up on
at a push
bed push
bellpush
bell push
cost-push inflation
counterpush
get the push
give someone the push
if push comes to shove
octopush
overpush
push and shove
push bike
push broom
push bunt
push dagger
push day
push factor
pushlet
push money
push moraine
push mow
push mower
push net
push-penny
push pin
push-pin
push poll
push-poll
push polling
push-polling
push present
push-pull amplifier
push rim
push scooter
push-scrolling
push-start
push-through
push time
push wood
ridge push
server push
Tush Push
underpush
wage-push inflation
when push comes to shove
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