push pushing | the act of applying force in order to move something away, he gave the door a hard push, the pushing is good exercise |
push | an effort to advance, the army made a push toward the sea |
rollback push back | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw |
button quail button-quail bustard quail hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
button | any artifact that resembles a button |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
coat button | a button on a coat |
horn button | a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile |
mouse button | a push button on the mouse |
panic button | a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency, the circuit is operated by a panic button, when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button |
push-bike | a bicycle that must be pedaled |
push broom | a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper |
push button push button | 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 radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
release button | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
reset button | a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism |
shirt button | a button on a shirt |
energy push get-up-and-go | enterprising or ambitious drive, Europeans often laugh at American energy |
clitoris clit button | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis |
navel umbilicus bellybutton belly button omphalos omphalus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached, you were not supposed to show your navel on television, they argued whether or not Adam had a navel, she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton |
gut issue hot-button issue | an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions |
push-down list push-down stack stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
push-down queue | a queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO) |
button | a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment, they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
button | any of various plant parts that resemble buttons |
button pink Dianthus latifolius | much-branched pink with flowers in clusters, closely related to sweet William |
globe amaranth bachelor's button Gomphrena globosa | tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color |
mescal button sacred mushroom magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
cornflower bachelor's button bluebottle Centaurea cyanus | an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers |
blazing star button snakeroot gayfeather gay-feather snakeroot | any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
button tree button mangrove Conocarpus erectus | evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood |
orange milkwort yellow milkwort candyweed yellow bachelor's button Polygala lutea | bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers |
button snakeroot Eryngium aquaticum | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots, southeastern United States, often confused with rattlesnake master |
rattlesnake master rattlesnake's master button snakeroot Eryngium yuccifolium | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite |
button fern Tectaria cicutaria | Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils |
Indian button fern Tectaria macrodonta | fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils |
button fern Pellaea rotundifolia | fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets |
erupt come out break through push through | break out, The tooth erupted and had to be extracted |
push bear on | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action, He pushed her to finish her doctorate |
dismiss disregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore | bar from attention or consideration, She dismissed his advances |
advertise advertize promote push | 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 |
close up clam up dummy up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum | refuse to talk or stop talking, fall silent, The children shut up when their father approached |
down knock down cut down push down pull down | cause to come or go down, The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect, The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet |
button | fasten with buttons, button the dress |
button | provide with buttons, button a shirt |