push in WordNet English dictionary

1. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
   "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
   advertise  advertize  promote  push 
   
2. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
   crusade  fight  press  campaign  push  agitate 
   
3. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
   "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
   push  bear on 
   
4. approach a certain age or speed
   "She is pushing fifty"
   push  crowd 
   
5. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
   tug  labor  labour  push  drive 
   
6. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
   push  force 
   
7. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
   "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
   press  push 
   
8. press against forcefully without moving
   "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
   push 
   
9. move strenuously and with effort
   "The crowd pushed forward"
   push 
   
10. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
    "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
    push 
    

1. an electrical switch operated by pressing
   "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
   push button  push  button 
   
2. enterprising or ambitious drive
   "Europeans often laugh at American energy"
   energy  push  get-up-and-go 
   
3. the act of applying force in order to move something away
   "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
   push  pushing 
   
4. an effort to advance
   "the army made a push toward the sea"
   push 
   
5. the force used in pushing
   "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
   push  thrust