push

PUSH, verb transitive 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. Exodus 21:29. 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 intransitive 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. Daniel 11:40. 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.