Word Definition

Push

  1. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
  2. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
  3. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
  4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
  5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
  6. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
  7. A pustule; a pimple.
  8. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
  9. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
  10. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
  11. A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
  12. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
  13. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.

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