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    Push

    Definitions

    1 | verb | move with force 2 | verb | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action 3 | verb | make publicity for; try to sell (a product) 4 | verb | strive and make an effort to reach a goal 5 | verb | press against forcefully without moving 6 | verb | approach a certain age or speed 7 | verb | 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 8 | verb | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs) (15 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    p'oosh (IPA: pˈʊʃ)

    Hyphenation

    push (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 3459th most common (1 in 35714 words) ( > 99% verb | 0% noun)

    spoken: 1274th most common (1 in 21739 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    pushed | pushing | pushes

    Synonyms

    force | bear on | advertise | advertize | promote | drive | labor | labour | tug | crowd | agitate | campaign | crusade | fight | press | ... (total: 21)

    Antonym

    pull

    Narrower terms

    beat back | drive | flick | force back | jam | jostle | muscle into | nose | nudge | obtrude | poke at | press | prod | push | push aside | ... (total: 56)

    Broader terms

    displace | move | exhort | press | urge | urge on | praise | fight | struggle | approach | come near | come on | draw close | draw near | go up | ... (total: 40)

    Rhymes

    bush | tush (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    bush | Bush | gush | hush | lush | mush | plush | posh | pushy | puss | rush | Rush | tush (total: 13)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    push around | push-bike | push broom | push button | push-button radio | push down | push-down list | push-down queue | push-down stack | push-down storage | ... (total: 14)

    Other notable uses

    Push (US population: 260 people, white: 87%)

    Push | Precious | Man Push Cart

    push.com | push.org | push.info | push.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Door word | Get-up-and-go | Midwife's exhortation | Midwife's instruction | Urge on | Word on a door (total: 6) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-7874

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