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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.

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