Definition of push

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Push (v. t.) 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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Vinaigrette :: Vinaigrette (n.) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man..
Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..
Ultraist :: Ultraist (n.) One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.
Hasten :: Hasten (v. t.) To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
Handcart :: Handcart (n.) A cart drawn or pushed by hand.
Hustle :: Hustle (v. i.) To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.
Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..
Go :: Go (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him..
Scamble :: Scamble (v. i.) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.
Trundle-bed :: Trundle-bed (n.) A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels..
Gibstaff :: Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat..
Far :: Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity..
Jut :: Jut (n.) A shove; a push.
Put :: Put (v. t.) To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out)..
Jog :: Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..
Press :: Press (v. i.) To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
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