Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Push \Push\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pushing}.] [OE. possen, pussen, F. pousser, fr. L. pulsare,
   v. intens. fr. pellere, pulsum, to beat, knock, push. See
   {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Pursy}.]
   1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by
      pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without
      striking; -- opposed to {draw}.

            Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

            If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, .
            . . the ox shall be stoned.           --Ex. xxi. 32.

   3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection
      too far. `` To push his fortune.'' --Dryden.

            Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt
            to procure honor to the actor.        --Spectator.

            We are pushed for an answer.          --Swift.

   4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.

   5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.

   {To push down}, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.