Push, v. i.
 1. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
 2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
    At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him.   --Dan. xi. 40.
 War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
 Both sides resolved to push, we tried our strength.   --Dryden.
 3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
 To push on, to drive or urge forward; to hasten.
    The rider pushed on at a rapid pace.   --Sir W. Scott.