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Push Down

Definition: Push Down

Push Down

Verb

1. Cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Push Down

Synonyms: cut down (v), down (v), knock down (v), pull down (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Push Down

English words defined with "push down": Detrude. (references)
Specialty definitions using "push down": improved water wheelProgrammer's Cheer, Push Down List. (references)

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Expressions: Push Down

Expressions using "push down": push Down List To push down. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Push Down

Language Translations for "push down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shtyp (bruise, clench, compact, crush, Dent, depress, die, grind, newspapers, oppress, organ, override, pestle, pound, press, print, quash, quell, repress, run down, run over, scotch, squash, squeeze, stamp, step, strike off, suppress, swat, trample, trample down, triturate, type, tyrannize), rrëzoj (blow, bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, depose, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fail, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push over, rase, raze, rebut, sink, spill, wreck). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ضغط على, ‏أسقط (bring down, discount, dump, head off, kill, knock over, lay low, leave out, let down, let fall, lodge, mow, omit, overthrow, overturn, parachute, project, push over, screw off, shed, toss). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

събарям (bowl over, break down, bring down, demolish, dismantle, fell, fling, fling down, grass, kick over, knock down, knock off, lay low, overthrow, prostrate, pull down, push over, rase, raze, ride down, run down, subvert, tear down, throw down), натискам (depress, hold down, jam, press, press down). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

" (in the first place, to crush, to keep under, to press, to push down). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zastrèit (bolt, hold in, insert, slip, stick, tuck, tuck in). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afstoten (knock off, push off, repel, thrust down). (various references)

   

French

  

renverser, réduire, faire tomber (push over), appuyer sur (push, push in), abaisser (pull to pieces). (various references)

   

German

  

umstoßen (change, discredit, knock over, overthrow, reverse, turn, turn over, upset), niederreißen (break down, demolish, destroy, drag down, knock down, pull down, raze, tear down, to break down, to pull down, to raze), nach unten drücken, hinunterdrücken, eindrücken (bash in, blow down, blow in, crumple, crush, dent in, impress, indent, push in), abstoßen (batter, chip off, clear the ball, knock off, push, push away, push off, put off, reject, rejection, repel, repulse, revolt, shove out, take the goal kick, thrust down, unload). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

letol (to blow up, to call down, to razz). (various references)

   

Italian

  

schiacciare (cave, clash, crack, crepitate, crush, jam, mash, overwhelm, pinch, press, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, swat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

突き'す (to push down), 押し'す (to push down). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おしたおす (to push down), つきたおす (to push down). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Romanian

  

apãsa (bear, bear on, depress, emphasize, jam, oppress, press, push, squeeze, stress, torment, torture), împinge în jos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спихивать (push aside). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

potisnuti (expel, hold at bay, relegate, repress, throw back, upstage), gurnuti dole. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hacer caer (knock off, push over, settle, spill, tip up, topple, trap, trip, trip up, tumble, tumble over), derribar algo (hack down, kick down, pull down, throw, throw down), apretar (bind, clasp, clench, clutch, constrain, constrict, cramp, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, oppress, pack down, pinch, press, press down, pull, purse, push, quicken, ram, screw, snuggle, squeeze, subtend, tighten, tighten up, turn, turn on). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skjuta ner (bring down, shoot down), driva ner. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

звалити (bring down, knock over, lay low, overthrow, put, strike down). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Push Down

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pushdown.

Words within the letters "d-h-n-o-p-s-u-w"

-2 letters: hounds, pounds, swound, unshod, wounds.

-3 letters: dhows, downs, hound, nodus, ouphs, phons, ponds, pound, shown, sound, swoun, updos, whops, wound.

-4 letters: dhow, dons, down, dows, duns, duos, dups, hods, hons, hops, hows, huns, nods, nosh, nous, nows, onus, opus, ouds, ouph, owns, phon, pods, pond, pons, posh, pows, puds, puns, push, shod, shop.

 Words containing the letters "d-h-n-o-p-s-u-w"
 

+1 letter: pushdowns.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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