push
    n 1: 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, pushing]
    2: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the
       walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn:
       push, thrust]
    3: enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at
       American energy" [syn: energy, push, get-up-and-go]
    4: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was
       operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated
       a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button]
    5: an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea"
    v 1: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" [syn:
         push, force] [ant: draw, force, pull]
    2: press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of
       an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" [syn:
       push, bear on]
    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" [syn: advertise,
       advertize, promote, push]
    4: strive and 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" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive]
    5: press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against
       the wall with all her strength"
    6: approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty" [syn:
       push, crowd]
    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" [syn: crusade, fight,
       press, campaign, push, agitate]
    8: sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs);
       "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
    9: move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward"
    10: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the
        baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn:
        press, push]

Push \Push\, n. [Probably F. poche. See Pouch.]
   A pustule; a pimple. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bacon.
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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.
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            Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
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            If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, .
            . . the ox shall be stoned.           --Ex. xxi. 32.
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   3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection
      too far. " To push his fortune." --Dryden.
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            Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt
            to procure honor to the actor.        --Spectator.
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            We are pushed for an answer.          --Swift.
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   4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
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   5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
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   To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.
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Push \Push\, v. i.
   1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or
      with a sword. --Shak.
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   2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic;
      as, a man must push in order to succeed.
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            At the time of the end shall the kind of the south
            push at him and the king of the north shall come
            against him.                          --Dan. xi. 40.
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            War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
            Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
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   To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
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            The rider pushed on at a rapid pace.  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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Push \Push\, n.
   A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang. [Slang]
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Push \Push\, n.
   1. A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a
      thing.
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   2. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied;
      a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
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   3. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the
      time or occasion for action.
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            Exact reformation is not perfected at the first
            push.                                 --Milton.
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            When it comes to the push, 'tis no more than talk.
                                                  --L' Estrange.
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   4. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy;
      as, he has push, or he has no push.
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   Syn: See Thrust.
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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. 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.

push

   1.  To put something onto a stack or pdl.

   Opposite: "pop".

   2.  push media.

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PUSH, n.  One of the two things mainly conducive to success,
especially in politics.  The other is Pull.