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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pushing
n 1: the act of applying force in order to move something away;
"he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good
exercise" [syn: push, pushing]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Push \Push\, v. 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.
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Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat.
--Milton.
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2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
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If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, .
. . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex. xxi. 32.
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3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection
too far. " To push his fortune." --Dryden.
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Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt
to procure honor to the actor. --Spectator.
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We are pushed for an answer. --Swift.
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4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
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5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
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To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Pushing \Push"ing\, a.
Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;
energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. --
Push"ing*ly, adv.
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Thesaurus Results for pushing:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, ambitious, assertive, brash, busy, busybody, driving, dynamic, enterprising, forceful, forward, go-ahead, hustling, impertinent, inquisitive, meddlesome, meddling, militant, motive, nosy, officious, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, propellant, propelling, propulsive, propulsory, prying, pulsive, pushful, pushy, self-appointed, self-asserting, self-assertive, shoving, snoopy, up-and-coming, uppish, uppity, venturesome, venturous |
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Common Misspellings > |
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