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Definition: Push |
PushNoun1. The act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise". 2. The force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines". 3. Enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy". 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". 5. An effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea". Verb1. Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner". 2. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate". 3. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops". 4. Exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis". 5. Press against forcefully without being able to move; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength". 6. Approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty". 7. 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". 8. Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs". 9. Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "Now push hard," said the doctor to the woman". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "push" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Note: Push \Push\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Pushed; Pushing.]. (references) |
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Satire | PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | 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. Source: Jargon File. |
Medicine | The pushers do not really have to push. . . the junkies fight their way to any connection who has good stuff. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PUSH | English | People United to Serve Humanity | Social Sciences |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PushSynonyms: button (n), energy (n), get-up-and-go (n), push button (n), pushing (n), thrust (n), advertise (v), advertize (v), agitate (v), bear on (v), campaign (v), crowd (v), crusade (v), drive (v), fight (v), force (v), labor (v), labour (v), press (v), promote (v), tug (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: pull (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. |
Circumstance | Predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point. |
Ejection | Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to. |
Essay | Try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best; (exertion). |
Impulse | Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug. |
Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion. | |
Regression | Noun: propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove; (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you don't, I'll push you off the boat (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont) You just push U-K-E-L-E-L-E (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire) I say we stack ourselves up, push the intercom and pretend we're delivering a pizza (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) Why do you always push me down (A League of their Own ; writing credit: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel) I don't think you can push those together (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson) | |
Lyrics | I wanna push you around, I will, I will (Push; performing artist: Matchbox 20) Somebody push me through the door (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra) I’m the one you’re using, please don’t push me aside ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie) Don't try and push me away (Shine; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper) Body he push me over to the other side (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat) | |
Clever | Push to test. Release to detonate. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Don't Push Me (1970) Gold Push (1926) Nevada Push (2002) You Can't Push Back the River (1996) Push Comes to Shove (1991) | |
Song Titles | Push (performing artist: Matchbox 20) PUSH IT (performing artist: SALT 'N PEPA) | |
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![]() | Planting anchor for Radio Acoustic Ranging hydrophone Must have been warm - note bare foot helping push anchor away from ship. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Fresh water marsh adjacent to Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Note push boat and barge in background. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
![]() | Figure 44. Bamberg pneumatic bathometer, constructed by Carl Bamberg. This instrument is in fact an accessory to a Bamberg sounder, which was similar to the Thomson sounder. It used the pressure of water to push a certain quantity of water into a tube and subsequently measuring it in order to determine the depth that the tube had attained. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, push out cartons of humanitarian supplies from a C-130 Hercules Dec. 12 during this year's Christmas Drop. Andersen Air Force Base organizes and sponsors the annual event that helps the. |
The Last Push. Kiger mustangs enter trap in the Kiger Herd Management Area, Burns District, Southeastern Oregon. Credit: Connie Dellera. | ![]() | He began to push it slowly towards the Squirrel Inn. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | Don't push too hard : let him work!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The big push. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. Shafter migrant Camp, California. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| Broom; sweep; clean up; push a broom; shattered; scraping; . | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | ||
| Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | Broom; sweep; clean up; push a broom. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Carnegie | You can't push anyone up the ladder unless he is ready to climb himself. |
Author Unknown | It doesn't take long for the man with push to pass the man with pull. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. |
Leonardo Da Vinci | The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. |
Walter F. Mondale | In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens [and] let the oppressed go free." And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | If you push it in, the events of the next hour happen in the reverse order |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | An unlucky effort, inexpert help, a false push, might crush him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She was trying to see it in a mirror behind the counter without letting the truck driver know, and so she pretended to push a bit of hair to neatness |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most physicians do not push the young-men to take the injections. (references) | |
Muscle contractions in the colon push the stool toward the rectum. (references) | ||
In the intestine, the nerve cells tell muscles how to push the stool along. (references) | ||
Business | Employer organizations abandoned efforts to push for labor law reform. (references) | |
It is expected that U.S. firms will continue their push into the China market. (references) | ||
A number of German companies are beginning to push the German government to end this tax exemption. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | The Colombian push for competitiveness and export expansion requires Colombian companies to modernize their production facilities and delivery systems. (references) |
Mexico | The push for better regulation and modernization should translate into greater transparency and accountability within the banking system. (references) | |
Thailand | While the government's parliamentary majority (and presumed ability to push through its legislative program) is a major departure, much will depend on the efficacy of Thaksin's proposals in stimulating domestic confidence and consumption, an accomplishment that evaded Chuan and Tarrin and their internationally applauded economic policies. (references) | |
Human Rights | El Salvador | Pro-Busqueda planned to push the legislative assembly again for the creation of a national commission. (references) |
Political Economy | SAUDI ARABIA | In mid-October 2001, the GCC announced that it will redraft the tariff agreement to meet the Saudi rates and will push forward the date of implementation for the customs union to 2003. (references) |
Guinea | Presidential elections are scheduled for 2003, but there is currently a push for a national referendum to amend the constitution to extend the president's term to seven years and to allow an unlimited number of terms. (references) | |
Trade | Dominican Rep | Private-sector associations and other groups continue to push for a change in the system, but it is a major revenue earner for Dominican consulates as well as for general revenue coffers. (references) |
Armenia | The number of private banks has been slowly declining as the Central Bank has pursued a policy of tightening bank capitalization requirements to push the weak banks into closing or into mergers with stronger banks. (references) | |
Women | Bahamas | Prominent women of all political persuasions continue to push for an amendment to the Constitution and related laws to redress this situation. (references) |
Worker Rights | Hong Kong | The maximum amount of compensation is $20,000 (HK$156,000). However, labor activists complain that complainants are discouraged by the Labor Relations Tribunal's tendency to push conciliation rather than issue orders. (references) |
Pakistan | In response to international criticism, the Government has begun to push provincial authorities to enforce child labor laws. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | Well then you're in for a little surprise, because if you push me, then I just might have to push back. Hard. |
Dennis Miller | Disparity among nations has been around forever, but only now is there a push to do something about it. |
Rush Limbaugh | In order to push this Big Lie, the Democrats are counting on the fact that you will not be able to understand simple math problems, or the nature of tax cuts. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Our second American Revolution will push on to new possibilities not only on Earth but in the next frontier of space. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Push" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 48.91% of the time. "Push" is used about 3,474 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 48.91% | 1,699 | 4,938 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 36.43% | 1,266 | 6,204 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.63% | 508 | 11,908 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,474 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "push" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Push | Last name | 100 | 79,512 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "push": at a push ♦ bell push ♦ get a job by push ♦ get the push ♦ give a push ♦ give smb. the push ♦ give the push to ♦ he wants push ♦ ice push ♦ push a lever ♦ push about ♦ push across ♦ push against ♦ push ahead ♦ push along ♦ push and shove ♦ push apart ♦ push around ♦ push aside ♦ push away ♦ push back ♦ push bicycle ♦ push broom ♦ push button ♦ push by ♦ push cart ♦ push chair ♦ push down ♦ push Down List ♦ push for ♦ push for better condition ♦ push forward ♦ push hard ♦ push in ♦ push in front ♦ push into ♦ push media ♦ push off ♦ push off from ♦ push off! ♦ push on ♦ push one's luck ♦ push one's way ♦ push one's way forward ♦ push oneself ♦ push oneself forward ♦ push open ♦ push out ♦ push out by tractor/to ♦ push out into ♦ push over ♦ push past ♦ push rod ♦ push shut ♦ push smb. for ♦ push smb. out of the way ♦ push smb. to smth. ♦ push smb. to the wall ♦ push smb.'s face in ♦ push smth. at smb.'s disposal ♦ push smth. open ♦ push the envelope ♦ push the panic button ♦ push through ♦ push through the crowd ♦ push to ♦ push to close ♦ push to the front ♦ push too far ♦ push towards ♦ push under ♦ push underneath ♦ push up ♦ push with the knee ♦ server push ♦ to push ♦ To push down ♦ To push on ♦ vigorous push ♦ when it comes to the push. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "push": push-along, push-and-pull, push-and-run, push-and-shove, push-ball, push-bike, push-bikes, push-biking, push-bolt, push-bottom, push-bright, push-button, push-button control, push-button radio, push-button telephone, push-button war, push-button warfare, push-buttons, push-buzzer, push-cart man, push-chair, push-chairs, push-down, push-down list, push-down queue, push-down stack, push-down storage, push-down store, push-downs, push-fit, push-in, push-lever, push-me, push-me-pull-you, push-on, push-over, push-pin, push-pull, push-pull, push-pull amplifier, push-punch, push-push, push-rods, push-start, push-started, push-stick, push-through, push-to-make, push-to-talk button, push-towed, push-turn, push-up, push-ups. | |
Ending with "push": bell-push, cost-push. | |
Containing "push": cost-push inflation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
push ups | 307 | push the button | 49 |
push scooter | 283 | push button switch | 49 |
push | 205 | push lawn mowers | 47 |
push up bra | 184 | push bar | 45 |
push push | 167 | la push wa | 40 |
push cart | 150 | push nevada | 39 |
push it | 132 | push and pull | 39 |
push up | 127 | operation push | 35 |
golf push cart | 123 | push push samsung | 33 |
push to talk | 99 | dont lyrics push | 32 |
game push push | 78 | push reel mower | 30 |
push talk verizon | 71 | push up bar | 29 |
rainbow push coalition | 69 | push technology | 28 |
push back rack | 66 | natural push up | 27 |
push mower | 64 | la push washington | 26 |
push mowers | 63 | push talk verizon wireless | 25 |
push pin | 58 | lyrics push | 24 |
push pole | 58 | push wap | 24 |
rainbow push | 54 | la push | 23 |
push lawn mower | 51 | lyrics matchbox push twenty | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "push"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, backup, boost, buttress, championship, espousal, Favor, favour, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, support), puprri (acne, blotch, botch, pimple, pustule, whelk), përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), e shtyrë (dig), energji (dash, drive, dynamism, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pepper, pith, power, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood, zip), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, heave, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), i mëshoj një kërkesë, lëshon rrënjë pema, mbështes (lean, pillow, prop up, shore, support, sustain, uphold), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, shore, support, sustain, uphold), detyroj (bind, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, enforce, entail, force, have, haze, impel, keep, make, move, obligate, oblige, outface, pin down, press, rack, screw, strong arm, tie), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), sulm (aggression, assault, attack, cannonade, charge, dash, descent, drive, hit, inroad, mugging, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, onslaught, raid, razzia, rush, strike, thrust), reklamoj (advertise, advertize, boost, build up, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, promote, publicize, sell), shtrij (drape, elongate, expand, hold out, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, stretch, unfold), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shtyrje (adjournment, delay, hold, hustle, jog, postponement, remand, shove, thrust, thrusting), shtysë (drive, dub, dynamics, impetus, impulse, stimulus), shtytje (boost, dub, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, repulsion), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up). (various references) | |
Arabic | هجوم (aggression, assault, attack, blow, dash, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, rush, swoop), ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, heave, militate, ply, pursue, strive, struggle, tug, worry, wrestle), واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), حملة (attack, campaign, drive, expedition, operation), غرز (batter, bog, drawing pin, impact, implant, jam, lodge, pike, plant, plunge, poke, sink, stab, stick, stick in, thrust), حافز (impulse, incentive, motivation, motive, reaction, stimulant), حشر (cram, crush, poke, ram, squash, stick, thrust), سرع (accelerate, career, chase, fast, force, get a move on, gun, hasten, hurry up, hustle, lollop, pelt, pounce, quicken, rush, smarten, speed, speed up, step on it, throttle, trot), ضغط (bear in mind, compress, compressing, compression, crowd, depress, duress, force, hustle, jam, lay stress on smth., lean, lobby, lobbying, pinch, press, pressure, screw, smash, squeeze, strain, stress, telescope, tension), صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), جهد عنيف لبلوغ غاية, روج (circulate, put forth), شق طريقه (break, crowd, force one's way, jostle, pass, press, push away, weave), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references) | |
Basque | bultzatu (push to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | банда (band, bandwagon, crew, gang, mob, pack, ring, set), напрежение (effort, electricity, exertion, intension, intensity, press, pressure, strain, stress, stretch, suspense, tension, tensity), напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get on, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push forward, push on, push up, roll, walk), напор (head, inrush, pressure, stress), на зор съм, масова атака, енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap, zip), активизирам (activate, detonate, fillip, move), лансирам (boost, bring out, initiate, launch, push forward, put up, sell), бутон (button), измъчвам (afflict, agonize, ail, anguish, crucify, excruciate, fester, harass, lacerate, martyr, martyrize, play up, prey, rack, rankle, ride, scourge, smite, torture, try, victimize, weigh on), бутам (hustle, jog, jostle, propel, shove, thrust), налягане (fall, pressure, tension), блъскам (beat, bump up against, dash, hammer, hustle, jostle, knock, moil, pound, press, ram, shove, slam, smite, squash, strike, thump), пускам на пазара, протекция (patronage, protection, umbrella, ward), пробивам си път (force one's way through, fret, nose, push through, thrust one's way, work through), преследвам (bait, chase, chivy, drive, drive at, haunt, hunt down, lay siege to, martyr, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, run, siege, tag), предприемчивост (adventurousness, drive, enterprise, go, go ahead, gumption, initiative), притеснявам (discomfort, fidget, incommode, inconvenience, pinch, put smb. out, rush, screw up, squeeze), поощрявам (abet, bring on, cultivate, encourage, lead on, pander, promote, stimulate), подтик (drive, fillip, goad, hypo, impulse, incentive, inducement, prompting, propulsion, relish, sanction, spur, stimulus, urge, whet), поддръжка (advocacy, backing up, help, maintenance, support, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep), бутане (jostle, nudge, propulsion, shove, thrust, thrusting), компания (bunch, circle, companionship, company, crowd, lot, party, set, society, tribe, troop), усилие (ado, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, intension, stab, stress, struggle, trouble), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), рекламирам (advertise, advertize, boom, boost, headline, promote, publicize, puff, quack, sell), разширявам (add, amplify, broach, broaden, dilate, distend, drift, enlarge, expand, full, stretch, widen), разгръщам (deploy, develop, open, outspread, spread, unroll, work up), развивам (cultivate, develop, do, educate, evolve, make, pay out, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, ungird, unreel, unroll, unswathe, unwind, unwrap, wind off, work up), тормозя (badger, bait, bedevil, bully, chivy, excruciate, fret, harass, hunt down, jade, murder, persecute, pester, pick on, plague, play up, prey, put upon, rack, rag, ride, scourge, worry), тласък (fillip, impetus, impulse, jerk, propulsion, pulse, shock, shove, thrust, urge), тласкам напред (push forward, put forward), тласкам (dash, drive, fillip, guide, hustle, impact, impel, jerk, propel, thrust), напрягане (exertion, stretch), критичен момент (emergency, hump), наближавам дадена възраст, копче (button, knob, sleeve-link), гоня (badger, chivy, drive, follow, keep away, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, pursue, run, run after, shag, victimize), гледам да пробутам (quack), гледам да пласирам, насърчавам (abet, embolden, encourage, favour, hearten, man, prompt, pull for, support, uphold), настоявам енергично за, насилвам (browbeat, coerce, compel, force, sandbag), натиск (arm-twisting, compression, compulsion, delivery, heat, pressure, screw, squeeze, stress, thrust, urgency), назорвам, стимул (brace, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, relish, savor, savour, spur, stimulant, stimulus), тикам (boost, shove, thrust, walk). (various references) | |
Chinese | 推挤 (Pushed, Pushing), 推 (refuse, shove). (various references) | |
Czech | protekce, postrèení, pohánìt (actuate, criticize, hustle, impel, insult, propel), podnikavost (drive, enterprise), přièinit se, urgovat (demand), tlaèit (hurt, jostle, pack, pinch, press, throng, thrust, trundle, wheel), strkat (hustle, thrust on), snažit se (endeavor, endeavour, strive, study, try, try hard), obtìžovat (accost, annoy, bother, harass, haunt, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, intrude, molest, pester, tackle, trouble, worry), nátlak (compulsion, constraint, pressure), úsilí (drive, effort, pains, study), úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, coup, dash, hit, percussion, rap, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust). (various references) | |
Danish | støde (thrust), stød (beat, beating, bruise, buffet, butt joint, impact, shock, splice, tramp). (various references) | |
Dutch | duwen (thrust), aanduwen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | puŝo, puŝi (thrust), puŝekfunkciigi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | trýsta (oppress, press, squeeze, thrust), fíra (thrust). (various references) | |
Farsi | یورش بردن , فشاربجلو, هل دادن (Haul, Hitch, Hustle, Jog, Poach, Poke, Shoulder, Shove, Yerk), هل (Cardamom, Jostle, Shove), چیزی رازوردادن , تنه (Body, Bulk, Corpus, Frame, Jostle, Shove, Stem, Stock, Trunk), زور (Dint, Energy, Hustle, Might, Power, Strain, Strength, Stunt, Thrust, Tuck, Vigor, Vim, Violence, Vis, Vivacity, Zing, Zip), شاخ زدن (Butt, Gore), بازورجلوبردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | työntää (drive, force, push along, shove, thrust). (various references) | |
French | pousser (push along, push on, push over), poussez. (various references) | |
Frisian | triuwe (thrust), triuw, stjitte (thrust), stjit, oantriuwe, oanfiere, dúste (thrust), dúst. (various references) | |
German | drücken (be oppressive, bring down, dampen, depress, discard, force down, hawk, hitting, huddle, keep down, lower, nip, oppress, pinch, press, pressure, pushing, shirk, squeeze, strain, strike, to actuate, to depress, to press, to queeze, to shirk, weigh), treiben (battue, be adrift, be up to, beat, bring, carry on, chase, commit, create, do, drift, drive, drive on, enchase, float, force, hustle and bustle, impel, jack up, leaven, make, make rise, move, propel, pursue, push out, put forth, put out, rush, shoo, sprout, swirling, throw out, thrust, to enchase, urge, work, wreak), stoßen (abut, buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, prod, punch, punt, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), Stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), schieben (push across, push along, push out, push over, put, shove, shuffle, shunt, slide, slip, thrust, to shuffle, traffic in, trundle, wangle, wheel). (various references) | |
Greek | σπρώχνω (jog, jostle, poke, prod, shove, thrust), ωθώ (actuate, impel, motivate, prompt, shove, thrust). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללחוץ (crush, force, jam, oppress, press, stress), לחיצ" (clasp, compression, gripe, jam, pressure), ל""וף (bear down, beat off, blast, fend off, fight off, hold off, jolt, repel, repulse, shove, stave off, ward off), ל"חוף (drive, impel, jog, jostle, lunge, shove, thrust, urge), לס וק (deliver, remove, supply), ""יפ" (jolt, kick, lunge, lurch, thrust), "חיק" (pressing, thrust), "חיפ" (encouragement, impulse, lunge, momentum, propulsion, shove, stimulus, thrust), "חף (impetus, impulse, thrust, urge), ס ק (thrust), 'יפ" (blow, routing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tolás (pushing, shove, thrust), taszítás (impingement, jerk, repulsion, shake, shove, toss), támadás (access, aggression, assault, attack, blitz, brunt, feint, flanker, inroad, invasion, offence, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, raid, set to). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mendorong (boost, prompt, propel, see: dorong), dorongan (heave, impetus, inducement, instigation, propulsion, pushing, urging), dorong (motivate), desakan (insistence, pressure, request, shove), anjak (shove, thrust). (various references) | |
Irish | brúigh (press). (various references) | |
Italian | spingere (blow, crowd, drive, enchase, float, go, hustle, impel, induce, jog, jostle, perform, poke, prompt, propel, rush, shove, slide, thrust, to press, to push, to rush, urge, wheel, wreak), urto (bump, clash, collision, crash, dash, dig, hit, impact, jar, knock, shake, shock, shove), spinta (boost, dig, drive, helping hand, hustle, incentive, jerk, poke, shove, spur, stress, thrust), pigiare (crush, jam, pack, press, ram, rush, tamp, tread). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | プシバルスキー馬 (petit bourgeois, Przewalski's horse, push cart, small), 押し (audacity, authority, pressure), 一押し (another try). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おし (audacity, authority, commanding presence, deaf-mute, illustration, miniature shrine in a temple, pressing down, pressure, showing in graphic form or by diagram, weight), プッシュ , ひとおし (another try). (various references) | |
Korean | 강" (Constraining, Obtrusion). (various references) | |
Malay | dorong ... mendorong (thrust), desak ... mendesak (thrust). (various references) | |
Manx | snuggal (bob down, bobbing, butting, dig with elbow, flounce, nod, toss as head; nutation; nodding, toss; nutation; nodding), seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, mixture, muddy; pushing, prod, propel, propulsion, protrusion, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, stir up, thrust, tilt, tilting, transfix), puhttey (butt, butting, jostle, jostling), eab (attempt, effort, essay, trial; try), broojey (bruise, compound, compress, cram, crunch, crush, mash, pound, press, pulverization, pulverize, ram, squash, squelch, stamping), broo (bruise, buzz, contusion, cram, crunch, crush, grind, pounding, press, pressure, ring, squash). (various references) | |
Maya | tuul-chint (to push), lam (to push in). (various references) | |
Occitan | butar. (various references) | |
Papiamen | pushá, pusha (thrust), stot (thrust), gòlpi (beat, hit, strike). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ushpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impulso (drift, elan, go, head, impulse, moment, motion, propulsion, shoot, shove, spur, thrust). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | empurrar (to push). (various references) | |
Romanian | împinge (crowd, drive, go to extremes, goad, induce, jab, joggle, jostle, move, poke, press, punt, push away, run to an extreme, shove, spurn, thrust). (various references) | |
Russian | усилие (ease down, effort, exertion, lick, stress, stretch), удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, poke, shake, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), толкать (give a push, jab, jog, jostle, jostled, shoulder, shove, thrust), критическое положение (edge, emergency), выталкивать толчок, нажим (stress), атака (access, aggression, attack, charge, hatchet job, onrush, onset, onslaught), проталкивать (thrust forth), подвинуть (move), поддержка (backing, boost, comfort, espousal, furtherance, maintenance, nourishment, support, sustenance, sustenation, sustention), давление (enforcement, pressure, stress, tension). (various references) | |
Scottish | pùc (jostle), mulc (a shapeless lump), ùp (jostle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | provokacija (provocation), pritisnuti (depress, jam, press, step on), uvaliti (force, plunge), upinjanje, reklamirati (advertise, advertize, plug, promote, tout), rasturati (dilapidate, distribute), napad (aggression, assault, attack, attempt, bout, broadside, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, strike, thrust, touch), nagurati (cram, jam), gurnuti (jog, shove, thrust), gurati (hustle, jostle, shove, thrust, wheel), guranje (bunt, extrusion, impulsion, jostle, poke, shove, thrust, thrusting). (various references) | |
Shona | -sandidzira (to push). (various references) | |
Sicilian | spinciri (to push). (various references) | |
Spanish | empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, nudge, poke, press, propel, push back, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), empujón (boost, dig, heave, hustle, jab, poke, shove, thrust). (various references) | |
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