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pushing |
3 definitions found 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]: Pushing \Push"ing\, a. Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also forward; officious, intrusive. -- {Push"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pushing adj : marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" [syn: {aggressive}, {enterprising}, {pushful}, {pushy}] n : the act of applying force in order to move something away "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" [syn: {push}]
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