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(1):

(v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.

(2):

(v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; - opposed to draw.

(3):

(n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.

(4):

(n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.

(5):

(n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.

(6):

(n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.

(7):

(v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

(8):

(n.) A pustule; a pimple.

(9):

(v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.

(10):

(v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.

(11):

(v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.

(12):

(v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.

(13):

(v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

(14):

(n.) A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Push'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/push.html. 1828.
 
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