Usually means: Forces something to move away.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. pushes: Merriam-Webster
  2. pushes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pushes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pushes, pushes: Wordnik
  5. pushes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pushes: Wiktionary
  7. pushes: Dictionary.com
  8. pushes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. pushes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pushes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pushes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pushes: Medical dictionary

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  1. pushes: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Push)

verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
verb:  (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
verb:  (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
verb:  (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
verb:  (informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.
verb:  (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
verb:  (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
verb:  To make a higher bid at an auction.
verb:  (poker) To make an all-in bet.
verb:  (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
verb:  (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
verb:  (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
verb:  (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
verb:  To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
verb:  (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).
noun:  A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
noun:  An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
noun:  A great effort (to do something).
noun:  An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
noun:  (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
noun:  (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.
noun:  A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
noun:  (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
noun:  (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
noun:  (slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
noun:  (snooker) A push shot.
noun:  (professional wrestling slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
noun:  A push-button, such as a bell push.
noun:  (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
noun:  A surname.
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