Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pushing"

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) 1.7 (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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