Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUSH
PUSH, n.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing. – Spenser.
- Any pressure, impulse or force applied; as, to give the ball the first push. – Addison.
- An assault or attack. – Watts.
- A forcible onset; a vigorous effort. – Addison.
- Exigence; trial; extremity. When it comes to the push, it is no more than talk. – L'Estrange.
- A sudden emergence. – Shak.
- A little swelling or pustule; a wheal; a pimple; an eruption. – Bacon.
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