PUSHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pushing mean? 

• PUSHING (noun)
  The noun PUSHING has 1 sense:

1. the act of applying force in order to move something away

  Familiarity information: PUSHING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of applying force in order to move something away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

push; pushing

Context example:

the pushing is good exercise

Hypernyms ("pushing" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pushing"):

depression (pushing down)

jog; nudge (a slight push or shake)

press; pressing; pressure (the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure)

shove (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something))

boost (the act of giving a push)

Derivation:

push (move with force)

 Context examples 

“There are some points about that document, Lestrade, are there not?” said he, pushing them over.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Nay, lads, nay!” cried Ford, pushing back the nearest archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ah, Merry,” remarked Silver, “standing for cap'n again? You're a pushing lad, to be sure.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries.

(High Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Your chart is one of high contrast and suggests one partner in your life is pushing the relationship to one end or the other of the spectrum.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.

(Compression pump, NCI Dictionary)

The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at the door, pushing his way past her; but she threw her arms round him and tried to hold him back.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes, sir,” said our visitor, pushing his huge form into the room.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was gone the next moment:—after another moment's pause, “Take it,” said Emma, smiling, and pushing the paper towards Harriet—“it is for you. Take your own.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

There are his own two men pushing it back into its old quarters.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)