Push definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PUSH, v.t. 1. To press against with force; to drive ... 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 ... thrust the points of horns against. If the ox shall push a man-servant or maid-servant--he shall be stones ... Exodus 21. 3. To press or urge forward; as,to push an objection too far. He forewarns his care With ...
... pret. and pp. thrust. [L. trudo, trusum, trusito.] 1. To push or drive with force; as, to thrust any thing with ... to force; to impel. To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. Acts 7. To thrust in, to push or drive in. Thrust in thy sickle and reap. Revelation ... thrust on, to impel; to urge. To thrust off, to push away. To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. Numbers 25 ... thrust together, to compress. THRUST, v.i. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts ... my father and the god. 2. To intrude. 3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on. Young, ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SHOVE, v.t. 1. To push; to propel; to drive along by the direct application of strength without impulse; particularly, to push a body by sliding or causing it to move along ... back this earth on which I sit. Dryden. 2. To push; to press against. He used to shove an elbow his ... to get near his mistress Arbuthnot. To shove away, to push to a distance; to thrust off. To shove by, to push away; to delay, or to reject; as, to shove by ... by justice. [Not elegant.] To shove off, to thrust or push away. To shove down, to overthrow by pushing. SHOVE, ...
To push down definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Push Push, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pushed; p. pr. & vb. n ... L. pulsare, v. intens. fr. pellere, pulsum, to beat, knock, push. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pursy.] 1. To press ... of the horns against; to gore. If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex ... 32. 3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. `` To push his fortune.'' --Dryden. ...
To push on definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Push Push, v. i. 1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. --Shak. 2. To ... 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 ...
push button definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1878 a small button ... especially by closing an electric circuit Webster's 1913 Dictionary Push button Push button (Elec.) A simple device, resembling a ...
push-button definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1916 1. operated or done by means of push buttons < a push-button phone > 2. using or dependent on complex and more ... operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button < push-button warfare > Collin's Cobuild Dictionary A push-button machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches. ...push-button phones. ADJ: ADJ n
push on definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: continue moving forward [syn: press on, push on, plough on] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Date: 1707 ... one's way ; proceed Collin's Cobuild Dictionary When you push on, you continue with a journey or task. Although the ... plunge, post, precipitate, press, press forward, press on, proceed, process, push, push forward, push through, quicken, race, railroad through, repair, run, rush, rush ...
push forward definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn: barge, thrust ahead, push forward] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see push ahead Moby Thesaurus advance, advantage, boost, conduce to, contribute to ... to, make for, muddle through, press forward, press on, promote, push, push on, put forward, quicken, set forward, speed
push ahead definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary or push forward If you push ahead or push forward with something, you make progress with it. The government intends to push ahead with its reform programme. PHRASAL VERB: V P with ...
push through definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: break ... had to be extracted" [syn: erupt, come out, break through, push through] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If someone pushes through a ... oppose it. The vote will enable the Prime Minister to push through tough policies... He tried to push the amendment through Parliament. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not ...
push back definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw [syn: rollback, push back] v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull ...
push up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: push upward 2: push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head- on thrust up into the air" [syn: thrust, push up]