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Activate and Push

activate

verb

  • Put in motion or move to act.
    • usage: "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
  • Make active or more active.
    • usage: "activate an old file"
  • Make more adsorptive.
    • usage: "activate a metal"
  • Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.
  • Make (substances) radioactive. .
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(v.t.) To make active.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
push

noun

  • The act of applying force in order to move something away.
    • usage: "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise"
  • The force used in pushing.
    • usage: "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
  • Enterprising or ambitious drive.
    • usage: "Europeans often laugh at American energy"
  • An electrical switch operated by pressing.
    • usage: "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
  • An effort to advance.
    • usage: "the army made a push toward the sea"

verb

  • (v.) ()
  • Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.
    • usage: "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
  • Make publicity for; try to sell (a product. )
    • usage: "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
  • Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.
    • usage: "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
  • Press against forcefully without moving.
    • usage: "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
  • Approach a certain age or speed.
    • usage: "She is pushing fifty"
  • Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.
    • usage: "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
  • Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs. )
    • usage: "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
  • Move strenuously and with effort.
    • usage: "The crowd pushed forward"
  • Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby.
    • usage: "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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