1. Noun
A pustule; a pimple.
2. Verb
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
3. Verb
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
4. Verb
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
5. Verb
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
6. Verb
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
7. Verb
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
8. Verb
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
9. Verb
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
10. Noun
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
11. Noun
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
12. Noun
An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
13. Noun
The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
14. Noun
the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
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