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say it: puush
push is a verb and noun meaning "move with force". It carries 15 recorded senses.
press against forcefully without moving
“she pushed against the wall with all her strength”
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
“The liberal party pushed for reforms”
“She is crusading for women's rights”
“The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate”
sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
“The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs”
crime
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
“`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
“he gave the door a hard push”
“the pushing is good exercise”
enterprising or ambitious drive
“Europeans often laugh at American energy”
an electrical switch operated by pressing
“the elevator was operated by push buttons”
“the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for push come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.