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  9  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Push  \Push\,  n. 
  A  crowd;  a  company  or  clique  of  associates;  a  gang.  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Push  \Push\,  n.  [Probably  F.  poche.  See  {Pouch}.] 
  A  pustule;  a  pimple.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.]  --Bacon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Push  \Push\,  n. 
  1.  A  thrust  with  a  pointed  instrument,  or  with  the  end  of  a 
  thing 
 
  2.  Any  thrust.  pressure,  impulse,  or  force,  or  force  applied; 
  a  shove;  as  to  give  the  ball  the  first  push 
 
  3.  An  assault  or  attack;  an  effort;  an  attempt;  hence  the 
  time  or  occasion  for  action 
 
  Exact  reformation  is  not  perfected  at  the  first 
  push  --Milton. 
 
  When  it  comes  to  the  push  'tis  no  more  than  talk. 
  --L'  Estrange. 
 
  4.  The  faculty  of  overcoming  obstacles;  aggressive  energy; 
  as  he  has  push  or  he  has  no  push  [Colloq.] 
 
  Syn:  See  {Thrust}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Push  \Push\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  make  a  thrust;  to  shove;  as  to  push  with  the  horns  or 
  with  a  sword.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  make  an  advance,  attack,  or  effort;  to  be  energetic; 
  as  a  man  must  push  in  order  to  succeed. 
 
  At  the  time  of  the  end  shall  the  kind  of  the  south 
  push  at  him  and  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come 
  against  him  --Dan.  xi  40. 
 
  War  seemed  asleep  for  nine  long  years;  at  length 
  Both  sides  resolved  to  push  we  tried  our  strength. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  burst  pot,  as  a  bud  or  shoot. 
 
  {To  push  on},  to  drive  or  urge  forward;  to  hasten. 
 
  The  rider  pushed  on  at  a  rapid  pace.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  push 
  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:  {pushing}] 
  2:  the  force  used  in  pushing;  "the  push  of  the  water  on  the 
  walls  of  the  tank";  "the  thrust  of  the  jet  engines"  [syn: 
  {thrust}] 
  3:  enterprising  or  ambitious  drive;  "Europeans  often  laugh  at 
  American  energy"  [syn:  {energy},  {get-up-and-go}] 
  4:  an  electrical  switch  operated  by  pressing  a  button;  "the 
  elevator  was  operated  by  push  buttons";  "the  push  beside 
  the  bed  operated  a  buzzer  at  the  desk"  [syn:  {push  button}, 
  {button}] 
  5:  an  effort  to  advance;  "the  army  made  a  push  toward  the  sea" 
  v  1:  move  with  force,  "He  pushed  the  table  into  a  corner";  "She 
  pushed  her  chin  out"  [syn:  {force}]  [ant:  {pull}] 
  2:  press,  drive,  or  impel  to  action  "He  pushed  her  to  finish 
  her  doctorate"  [syn:  {bear  on}] 
  3:  make  publicity  for  try  to  sell  [syn:  {advertize},  {promote}] 
  4:  exert  oneself;  "She  tugged  for  years  to  make  a  decent 
  living"  [syn:  {tug},  {labor},  {labour},  {drive}] 
  5:  press  against  forcefully  without  being  able  to  move 
  6:  approach  a  certain  age  or  speed:  "She  is  pushing  fifty" 
  [syn:  {crowd}] 
  7:  engage  in  a  crusade  for  a  certain  cause  or  person;  "She  is 
  crusading  for  women's  rights"  [syn:  {crusade},  {fight},  {campaign}, 
  {agitate}] 
  8:  exert  oneself  continuously,  vigorously,  or  obtrusively  to 
  gain  an  end  "The  liberal  party  pushed  for  reforms"  [syn: 
  {press}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  push  [from  the  operation  that  puts  the  current  information  on 
  a  stack,  and  the  fact  that  procedure  return  addresses  are  saved  on  a 
  stack]  (Also  PUSH  /push/  or  PUSHJ  /push'J/,  the  latter  based  on  the 
  PDP-10  procedure  call  instruction.)  1.  To  put  something  onto  a  {stack} 
  or  {PDL}.  If  one  says  that  something  has  been  pushed  onto  one's  stack, 
  it  means  that  the  Damoclean  list  of  things  hanging  over  ones's  head  has 
  grown  longer  and  heavier  yet  This  may  also  imply  that  one  will  deal  with 
  it  _before_  other  pending  items;  otherwise  one  might  say  that  the  thing 
  was  `added  to  my  queue'.  2.  vi  To  enter  upon  a  digression,  to  save  the 
  current  discussion  for  later  Antonym  of  {pop};  see  also  {stack},  {PDL}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  push 
 
  1.    To  put  something  onto  a  {stack}  or  {pdl}. 
 
  Opposite:  "{pop}". 
 
  2.    {push  media}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1997-04-10) 
 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PUSH  n.  One  of  the  two  things  mainly  conducive  to  success, 
  especially  in  politics.  The  other  is  Pull 
 
 




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