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push
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike". Doublet of pulsate. Displaced native Middle English thrucchen ("to push"; > Modern English thrutch) (from Old English þryccan (“to push”)), Middle English scauten (“to push, thrust”) (from Old Norse skota), Middle English thuden, thudden (“to push, press, thrust”) (from Old English þ?dan, þyddan (“to thrust, press, push”)). Partially displaced Middle English schoven (“to push, shove”) (from Old English scofian), Middle English schuven (“to shove, push”) (from Old English sc?fan, sc?ofan (“to shove, push, thrust”))
Pronunciation
- enPR: po?osh, IPA(key): /p??/
- (Appalachian) IPA(key): [pu?]
- IPA(key): [p???]
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- We are pushed for an answer.
- December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator
- Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
- to push his fortune
- (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
- (= he's nearly sixty years old)
- (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (poker) To make an all-in bet.
- (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
- (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
- If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
Synonyms
- (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so it moves away): press, shove, thrutch
- (continue to attempt to persuade): press, urge
- (continue to promote): press, advertise, promote
- (come close to): approach, near
- (intransitive: apply force to an object so that it moves away): press, shove, thring
- (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents): bear down
Antonyms
- (apply a force to something so it moves away): draw, pull, tug
- (put onto a stack): pop
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- pedal pushers
- push it
Translations
Noun
push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A great effort (to do something).
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
- (slang, Britain, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- Till some wild, excited person
- Galloped down the township cursing,
- "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
- Roll up, Dandaloo!"
- 1994, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 37:
- My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
Derived terms
- give someone the push
- push factor
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably French poche. See pouch.
Pronunciation
Noun
push (plural pushes)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
- a Push rise upon his Nose
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
References
- push in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- push at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- PHUs, Phus, shup
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *puša, from *puksja, from Proto-Indo-European *pewk- (“covered with hair, bushy”). Related to Sanskrit ????? (púccha, “tail”), Proto-Slavic *pux? (“down”).
Noun
push m (indefinite plural pusha, definite singular pushi, definite plural pushat)
- light hair, fluff, down, nap, pile
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gore
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gô, IPA(key): /???/
- (General American) enPR: gôr, IPA(key): /???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: g?r, IPA(key): /?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“dirt, dung, filth, muck”), from Proto-Germanic *gur? (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??er- (“hot; warm”).
Noun
gore (uncountable)
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- Murder, bloodshed, violence.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Fisher to this entry?)
Derived terms
- gory
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English g?r (“spear”), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”).
Verb
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
- (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
- The bull gored the matador.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English g?ra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.
Noun
gore (plural gores)
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
- (surveying) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- A projecting point.
- (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
Translations
Verb
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
- To cut in a triangular form.
- To provide with a gore.
- to gore an apron
Anagrams
- Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego, roge
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
gore
- Inflected form of goor
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English g?ra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.
Alternative forms
- gare, goore, gour, gower
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r(?)/
Noun
gore (plural gores or goren)
- A triangle-shaped plot of land; a gore.
- A triangle-shaped piece or patch of fabric.
- A piece of clothing (especially a loose-fitting one, such as a coat or dress)
- (rare) A piece of armour; a mail coat.
- (rare) A triangle-shaped piece of armor.
Descendants
- English: gore
- Scots: gair
References
- “g?re, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English gor, from Proto-Germanic *gur?.
Alternative forms
- gorre, gor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r/
Noun
gore (uncountable)
- Muck, filth, dirt; that which causes dirtiness
- (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness.
- (rare) A despicable individual.
Descendants
- English: gore
- Scots: goor, gure
References
- “g?re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 3
Inherited from Old English g?r.
Noun
gore
- Alternative form of gare
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian ?????? (jôrâb).
Noun
gore ?
- sock
- stocking
Portuguese
Verb
gore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
- third-person singular imperative of gorar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *gora; compare gora (hill).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ôre/
- Hyphenation: go?re
Adverb
g?re (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- up, above
Antonyms
- dolje/dole
Noun
g?re f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- genitive singular of gora
- nominative plural of gora
- accusative singular of gora
- vocative singular of gora
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ôre?/
- Hyphenation: go?re
Adverb
g?r? (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- worse
Shona
Etymology 1
Borrowed from a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe kurib.
Noun
goré 5 (plural makoré 6)
- year
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
goré 5 (plural makoré 6)
- cloud
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