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Push is a related term of siege.


As nouns the difference between push and siege

is that push is a short, directed application of force; an act of pushing or push can be (obsolete|uk|dialect) a pustule; a pimple while siege is .

As a verb push

is (intransitive) to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

push

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ).

Verb

(es)
  • (intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
  • In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
    You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
  • To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • We are pushed for an answer.
  • * Spectator
  • Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour to the actor.
  • To press or urge forward; to drive.
  • to push''' an objection too far; to '''push one's luck
  • * Dryden
  • to push his fortune
  • To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
  • Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
    They're pushing that perfume again.
    There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
  • (informal) To approach; to come close to.
  • My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
    He's pushing sixty.'' (= ''he's nearly sixty years old )
  • To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
  • During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push .
  • To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
  • To make a higher bid at an auction.
  • (poker) To make an all-in bet.
  • (chess) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
  • (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
  • * 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
  • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
  • (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxi. 32
  • If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, the ox shall be stoned.
  • To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
  • Synonyms
    * to press, to shove, to thrutch * (continue to attempt to persuade) to press, to urge * (continue to promote) to press, to advertise, to promote * (come close to) to approach, to near * to press, to shove, to thring * (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents) to bear down
    Antonyms
    * (apply a force to something so it moves away) to draw, to pull, to tug * (put onto a stack) to pop
    Derived terms
    * pedal pushers * push around * push-bike * pushful * push in * push off * push one's luck * pushover * push someone's buttons * push it * push-up * pushy

    Noun

    (es)
  • A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
  • Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
  • An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
  • One more push and the baby will be out.
  • A great effort (to do something).
  • Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
    Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
  • (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
  • A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
  • (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
  • (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push'', ''push technology .
  • (dated) A crowd or throng or people
  • * 1891 , Banjo Paterson,
  • Till some wild, excited person
    Galloped down the township cursing,
    "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
    Roll up, Dandaloo!"
    Derived terms
    * give someone the push

    Etymology 2

    Probably (etyl) poche. See pouch.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
  • (Francis Bacon)
    1000 English basic words ----

    siege

    English

    (wikipedia siege)

    Alternative forms

    * syege

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A seat.
  • #(label) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
  • #*.
  • #*:Now Merlyn said kyng Arthur / goo thow and aspye me in al this land l knyghtes whiche ben of most prowesse & worship / within short tyme merlyn had founde suche kny?tesThenne the Bisshop of Caunterbury was fette and he blessid the syeges' with grete Royalte and deuoycyon / and there sette the viij and xx knyghtes in her ' syeges
  • #*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vii:
  • #*:To th'vpper part, where was aduaunced hye / A stately siege of soueraigne maiestye; / And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
  • #(label) An ecclesiastical see.
  • #(label) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
  • #The seat of a heron while looking out for prey; a flock of heron.
  • #(label) A privy or lavatory.
  • #(label) The anus; the rectum.
  • #*1646 , Sir (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
  • #*:Another ground were certain holes or cavities observable about the siege ; which being perceived in males, made some conceive there might be also a feminine nature in them.
  • #(label) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
  • #*1610 , (The Tempest) , by (William Shakespeare), act 2 scene 2
  • #*:Thou art very Trinculo indeed! How cam'st thou / to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos?
  • #(label) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege .
  • #(label) The floor of a glass-furnace.
  • #(label) A workman's bench.
  • #:(Knight)
  • (label) Military action.
  • #A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
  • #*1748 , (David Hume), Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3 §5:
  • #*:The Peloponnesian war is a proper subject for history, the siege of Athens for an epic poem, and the death of Alcibiades for a tragedy.
  • #(label) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
  • #(label) A prolonged assault or attack.
  • #*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 19, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= England 1-0 Ukraine , passage=But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress.}}

    Derived terms

    *

    Verb

    (sieg)
  • To assault a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.