push

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝osh
• IPA: pʊʃ
• SAMPA: /pUS/
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Verb

Plain form push

Third-person singular pushes

Past tense pushed

Past participle pushed

Present participle pushing

men pushing an airplane

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you push something, you touch it with a force away from your body.

   You have to push that door quite hard before it will open.

   If you push this button, the machine will stop.

Antonyms

• pull

Noun

Singular push

Plural pushes

1. (countable) A push is the act of touching something with a force away from your body.

   My car won't move. Can you give me a push?