'Pushed' definitions:
Definition of 'Pushed'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. [1913 Webster]
- If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex. xxi. 32. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. " To push his fortune." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- We are pushed for an answer. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. [1913 Webster]
- To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Pushed'
- Push,
- Pushing,
- Pushingly,
- To push down,
- To push on,
- push down,
- push in,
- push on,
- push out,
- push through,
- push up,
- pushful,
- Hard pushed,
- Push button,
- bell push,
- push around,
- push aside,
- push away,
- push back,
- push broom,
- push forward,
- push the envelope,
- push-bike,
- push-down list,
- push-down queue,
- push-down stack,
- push-down storage,
- push-down store,
- push-button radio