Entry Word: push

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one <I had to push my damaged bike all the way home>

Synonyms drive, propel, shove, thrust

Related Words impel, move; bear (down), compress, depress, jam, pressure, squash, squeeze, weigh (upon); bulldoze, compel, force, lean (on or against), muscle, ram

2 to force oneʼs way <pushing through the crowd to the window so we could see the arriving planes> — see press 4