Adjacent Words
To preach upTo preserve game
To prey on
To prime a pump
To promise one's self
To propose to one's self
To protest a bill or note
To publish a will
To pull a finch
To pull and haul
To pull apart
To pull down
To pull off
To pull through
To pull up
To push on
To put
To put a case
To put a rod in pickle
To put a spoke in one's wheel
To put a vessel into commission
To put a vessel out of commission
To put about
To put an end to
To put away
To put back
To put by
To put down
To put forth
To put forward
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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. Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat. --Milton. 2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex. xxi. 32. 3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. `` To push his fortune.'' --Dryden. Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor. --Spectator. We are pushed for an answer. --Swift. 4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. 5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
