[pʊʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself
(e.g: she pushed her glass towards him)

- move forward by using force to pass people or cause them to move aside
(e.g: she pushed her way through the crowded streets)

- compel or urge (someone) to do something, especially to work hard
(e.g: she believed he was pushing their daughter too hard)

- promote the use, sale, or acceptance of
(e.g: the company has been pushing a document management system)

- prepare (a stack) to receive a piece of data on the top

- develop (a film) so as to compensate for deliberate underexposure
(e.g: some films can be pushed during processing)


Phrases:
- at a push
- get the push
- give someone the push
- push at an open door
- push one's luck
- when push comes to shove

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pousser, from Latin pulsare ‘to push, beat, pulse’ (see pulse). The early sense was ‘exert force on’, giving rise later to ‘make a strenuous effort, endeavour’

[pʊʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself
(e.g: he closed the door with a push)

- a vigorous effort to do or obtain something
(e.g: many clubs are joining in the fund-raising push)


Phrases:
- at a push
- get the push
- give someone the push
- push at an open door
- push one's luck
- when push comes to shove

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pousser, from Latin pulsare ‘to push, beat, pulse’ (see pulse). The early sense was ‘exert force on’, giving rise later to ‘make a strenuous effort, endeavour’