Lexic.us

Definition of Pushing

1. Noun. The act of applying force in order to move something away. "The pushing is good exercise"

Definition of Pushing

1. a. Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.

Definition of Pushing

1. Verb. (present participle of push) ¹

2. Verb. Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pushing

1. push [v] - See also: push

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushing

Literary usage of Pushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Women and what is Said of Them: A Reprint of a Series of Articles in by Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1868)
"But our admiration has been almost exclusively drawn to these signal examples of pushing men. The analogous exploits of the fair sex remain comparatively ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Ha< seen them alone in the garden, walling arm in arm ; has seen the boron pushing the princess forward in a wheel chair, and the princess ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Kiding forward, I got on a high hill, to the right of the road, and discovered the enemy in force, their skirmishers pushing rapidly on me. ..."

4. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James (1902)
"in a few minutes, his idea was really—as it struck him —consecrated: he was, pushing in, on the edge of a splendid service—the flocking crowd told of it— ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... cells of the nucellus near the upper part of the embryo sac, which become specialized, divide rapidly, and pushing out into the embryo sac form embryos. ..."

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