[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/push/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / push # push verb (push, pushes, pushed, pushing); noun (a push, pushes) «push» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To push is to move something away from you by pressing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#m1) 2. To push a button is to press it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#m2) 3. A push is a force that moves something away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#m3) 4. To push someone is to try hard to make them do something: «Mum pushed me to practise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#m4) 5. To push through or past is to move hard through a crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#m5) ### In the lessons In maths: an action of the story: pushing a cart, a swing or buttons; sometimes counts how many times or how far; «push-ups» are counted exercises. In science: forces are pushes and pulls; a bigger push makes things speed up more. In everyday life and safety: «push» signs on doors; no pushing in queues. In stories: «push the boat out» means spend a lot to celebrate. ### Examples - He pushes the cart 20 meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x1) - She pushed the button 5 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x2) - Tim pushes his sister on the swing 12 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x3) - How many push-ups did she do in 3 days? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x4) - A push is a force that moves things away from you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x5) - The harder you push the ball, the faster it rolls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x6) - Push the door to open it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x7) - No pushing in the lunch queue! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x8) - Her coach pushed her to try harder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x9) - He pushed his way through the people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/#x10) ### Note Usually a word of the story; in «push-ups» it names a thing counted. Trap: it does not mean taking away just because something moves away. Opposite: pull. In science a push is a force measured in newtons. Safety: pushing people on stairs or near water can cause bad accidents. ## In Jewish tradition In the Psalms and prophets it means to gore or drive back, as a ram or ox does with its horns. **Interpretation.** Ezekiel shames the fat sheep who push the weak ones, and so condemns leaders who treat the poor harshly. Daniel's ram stands for a mighty empire. ### Examples - Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us. (Writings PSA.44.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/push/#x1) - Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; (Prophets EZK.34.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/push/#x2) - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself. (Writings DAN.8.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/push/#x3) ### Note Usually a word of the story; in «push-ups» it names a thing counted. Trap: it does not mean taking away just because something moves away. Opposite: pull. In science a push is a force measured in newtons. Safety: pushing people on stairs or near water can cause bad accidents. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «push» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/push/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«push» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/push.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «push» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/push/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«push» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/push.html) on Mova free.