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Webster 1913 Edition

Push

Push

,
Noun.
[Probably F.
poche
. See
Pouch
.]
A pustule; a pimple.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Bacon.

Push

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pushed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pushing
.]
[OE.
possen
,
pussen
, F.
pousser
, fr. L.
pulsare
, v. intens. fr.
pellere
,
pulsum
, to beat, knock, push. See
Pulse
a beating, and cf.
Pursy
.]
1.
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; – opposed to
draw
.
Sidelong had
pushed
a mountain from his seat.
Milton.
2.
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
If the ox shall
push
a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned.
Ex. xxi. 32.
3.
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
“ To push his fortune.”
Dryden.
Ambition
pushes
the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor.
Spectator.
We are
pushed
for an answer.
Swift.
4.
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
5.
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
To push down
,
to overthrow by pushing or impulse.

Push

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To make a thrust; to shove;
as, to
push
with the horns or with a sword
.
Shak.
2.
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic;
as, a man must
push
in order to succeed
.
At the time of the end shall the kind of the south
push
at him and the king of the north shall come against him.
Dan. xi. 40.
War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
Both sides resolved to
push
, we tried our strength.
Dryden.
3.
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
To push on
,
to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
The rider
pushed
on at a rapid pace.
Sir W. Scott.

Push

,
Noun.
1.
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
2.
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove;
as, to give the ball the first
push
.
3.
An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
Exact reformation is not perfected at the first
push
.
Milton.
When it comes to the
push
, ’tis no more than talk.
L' Estrange.
4.
The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy;
as, he has
push
, or he has no
push
.
[Colloq.]
Syn. – See
Thrust
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Push

PUSH

, v.t.
1.
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; or to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; opposed to draw. We push a thing forward by force applied behind it; we draw by applying force before it. We may push without moving the object.
2.
To butt; to strike with the end of the horns; to thrust the points of horns against.
If the ox shall push a man-servant or maid-servant--he shall be stones. Ex.21.
3.
To press or urge forward; as,to push an objection too far.
He forewarns his care
With rules to push his fortune or to bear.
4.
To urge; to drive.
Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor.
5.
To enforce; to press; to drive to a conclusion.
We are pushed for an answer.
6.
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.

PUSH

,
Verb.
I.
To make a thrust; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
1.
To make an effort.
At length
Both sides resolv'd to push, we tried our strength.
2.
To make an attack.
The king of the south shall push at him. Dan.11.
3.
To burst out.
To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten. Push on, brave men.

PUSH

,
Noun.
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
1.
Any pressure, impulse or force applied; as, to give the ball the first push.
2.
An assault or attack.
3.
A forcible onset; a vigorous effort.
4.
Exigence; trial; extremity.
When it comes to the push, it is no more than talk.
5.
A sudden emergence.
6.
A little swelling or pustule; a wheal; a pimple; an eruption.

Definition 2024

push

push

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: po͝osh, IPA(key): /pʊʃ/
  • IPA(key): [pʷʊʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Verb

push ‎(third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
    In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
    You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
  2. (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
    • Jonathan Swift
      We are pushed for an answer.
    • Spectator
      Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour to the actor.
  3. (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
    to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
    • Dryden
      to push his fortune
  4. (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
    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.
  5. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
    My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
    He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old)
  6. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
    During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
  7. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
  8. To make a higher bid at an auction.
  9. (poker) To make an all-in bet.
  10. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
  11. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
    • 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
      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.
  12. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
    • 2002, Lars Powers, Mike Snell, Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library (page 968)
      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.
  13. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
    • Bible, Exodus xxi. 32
      If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
  14. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
  15. (snooker) 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)
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (apply a force to something so it moves away): draw, pull, tug
  • (put onto a stack): pop
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

push ‎(plural pushes)

  1. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
    Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
  2. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
    One more push and the baby will be out.
  3. A great effort (to do something).
    Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
    Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
  4. (military) 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.
  5. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
  6. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
  7. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology.
  8. (dated) A crowd or throng or people
    • 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
      Till some wild, excited person
      Galloped down the township cursing,
      "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
      Roll up, Dandaloo!"
  9. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably French poche. See pouch.

Noun

push ‎(plural pushes)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *puša, from *puksja, from Proto-Indo-European *puk, *peuk 'covered with hair, bushy'. Related to Sanskrit पुच्छ ‎(púccha, “tail”), Slavic* puxь 'down'[1].

Noun

push m (indefinite plural pusha, definite singular pushi, definite plural pushat)

  1. light hair, fluff, down, nap, pile

References

  1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.351

Etymology

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike". Displaced native Middle English thrucchen ("to push"; > Modern English thrutch) (from Old English þryccan ‎(“to push”)), Middle English scauten ‎(“to push, thrust”) (from Old Norse skota), Middle English schoven ‎(“to push, shove”) (from Old English scofian), Middle English schuven ‎(“to shove, push”) (from Old English scūfan, scēofan ‎(“to shove, push, thrust”)), Middle English thuden, thudden ‎(“to push, press, thrust”) (from Old English þȳdan, þyddan ‎(“to thrust, press, push”)).

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