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(v)
(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
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(n)
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
(transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
The capacity to do work.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
To influence, have an effect on.
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
To operate a vehicle:
(informal, idiomatic) An enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition.
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
Alternative form of push-button. [An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.]
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
(figuratively, sometimes ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
An act of driving or urging onward; propulsion.
The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
A gentle push.
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
(adj)
Quick; acting without delay.
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
(intransitive) To do things quickly.
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
To augment or make something greater.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
The act or process by which something is boosted.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
To change place.
(by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
(transitive) To call into action.
(heading, physical) To strike.
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
British standard spelling of endeavor.
Primarily physical senses.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
growth; increase
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
Needing urgent attention.
To encourage into action.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
The act of entering.
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
Alternative spelling of kick start. [(transitive) To start a motorcycle.]
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
(transitive) To help keep from falling.
(transitive) To delete.
The sound or action of a click.
Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
(comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.