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PUSHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of applying force in order to move something away
Example:
the pushing is good exercise
Synonyms:
push; pushing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb push
Context examples:
Then with a little confidential chuckle of laughter, he patted me two or three times on the chest, finally pushing me back into my chair.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The growl rose in the throat with the culmination of each forward-pushing movement, and ebbed down to start up afresh with the beginning of the next movement.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
An exophytic, slow growing, well differentiated and non-metastasizing squamous cell carcinoma with pushing margins that arises from the glottic area of the larynx.
(Glottis Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A highly differentiated variant of cervical squamous cell carcinoma characterized by the presence of a warty surface and stromal invasion with pushing borders.
(Cervical Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The hares are effectively pushing spruce trees into unfavorable habitats.
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
As the sound waves propagate, they trap the electrons, pushing them through the device in a very precise way, as if the electrons are ‘surfing’ on the sound waves.
(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)
Once a cluster formed, the researchers moved the apparatus to pull the cluster back and forth, simulating the impact of wind pushing the branch upon which they hung.
(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Shining a light on one edge of the droplets causes the surface to peel towards the light, pushing it forward.
(Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines, University of Cambridge)
Neoplasms of the meningeal coverings, typically well demarcated with pushing encapsulated borders.
(Mouse Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Essentially the cells become confused and begin pushing out essential inner components rather than waste, leading to a loss of function and ultimately their death.
(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
