push – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of push

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to push sth up
Participle: pushed sth up
Gerund: pushing sth up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipush sth up
youpush sth up
he;she;itpushes sth up
wepush sth up
youpush sth up
theypush sth up

Perfect

Ihave pushed sth up
youhave pushed sth up
he;she;ithas pushed sth up
wehave pushed sth up
youhave pushed sth up
theyhave pushed sth up

Past

Ipushed sth up
youpushed sth up
he;she;itpushed sth up
wepushed sth up
youpushed sth up
theypushed sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sth up
youhad pushed sth up
he;she;ithad pushed sth up
wehad pushed sth up
youhad pushed sth up
theyhad pushed sth up

Future

Iwill push sth up
youwill push sth up
he;she;itwill push sth up
wewill push sth up
youwill push sth up
theywill push sth up

Future Perfect

Iwill have pushed sth up
youwill have pushed sth up
he;she;itwill have pushed sth up
wewill have pushed sth up
youwill have pushed sth up
theywill have pushed sth up

Subjunctive

Present

Ipush sth up
youpush sth up
he;she;itpush sth up
wepush sth up
youpush sth up
theypush sth up

Perfect

Ihave pushed sth up
youhave pushed sth up
he;she;ithave pushed sth up
wehave pushed sth up
youhave pushed sth up
theyhave pushed sth up

Imperfect

Ipushed sth up
youpushed sth up
he;she;itpushed sth up
wepushed sth up
youpushed sth up
theypushed sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sth up
youhad pushed sth up
he;she;ithad pushed sth up
wehad pushed sth up
youhad pushed sth up
theyhad pushed sth up

Conditional

Present

Iwould push sth up
youwould push sth up
he;she;itwould push sth up
wewould push sth up
youwould push sth up
theywould push sth up

Perfect

Iwould have pushed sth up
youwould have pushed sth up
he;she;itwould have pushed sth up
wewould have pushed sth up
youwould have pushed sth up
theywould have pushed sth up

Imperative

youpush sth up
weLet's push sth up
youpush sth up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pushing sth up
youare pushing sth up
he;she;itis pushing sth up
weare pushing sth up
youare pushing sth up
theyare pushing sth up

Perfect

Ihave been pushing sth up
youhave been pushing sth up
he;she;ithas been pushing sth up
wehave been pushing sth up
youhave been pushing sth up
theyhave been pushing sth up

Past

Iwas pushing sth up
youwere pushing sth up
he;she;itwas pushing sth up
wewere pushing sth up
youwere pushing sth up
theywere pushing sth up

Pluperfect

Ihad been pushing sth up
youhad been pushing sth up
he;she;ithad been pushing sth up
wehad been pushing sth up
youhad been pushing sth up
theyhad been pushing sth up

Future

Iwill be pushing sth up
youwill be pushing sth up
he;she;itwill be pushing sth up
wewill be pushing sth up
youwill be pushing sth up
theywill be pushing sth up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pushing sth up
youwill have been pushing sth up
he;she;itwill have been pushing sth up
wewill have been pushing sth up
youwill have been pushing sth up
theywill have been pushing sth up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pushing sth up
youwould be pushing sth up
he;she;itwould be pushing sth up
wewould be pushing sth up
youwould be pushing sth up
theywould be pushing sth up

Perfect

Iwould have been pushing sth up
youwould have been pushing sth up
he;she;itwould have been pushing sth up
wewould have been pushing sth up
youwould have been pushing sth up
theywould have been pushing sth up

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'push'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'push'

bush, dush, gush, hush, lush, mush, pash, pish, pus, rush,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

motivate, provide an incentive for
drive, incentivize, motivate, urge
shove
force, propulsion, thrust, bearing
urge
drive, inspire, impel, prod, persuade, promote, press

Antonyms

transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
drive, indulge, work
urge
restrain, inhibit, repress, discourage

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. Meaning "promote" (1714) led to pusher "peddler of illegal drugs," first recorded 1935 in prison slang (earlier it meant "prostitute," 1923). Pushy "forward, aggressive" first recorded 1936. To push (someone) around is from 1923. Phrase push comes to shove is from 1958; to push (one's) luck is from 1911. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. Push-up, the exercise, is from 1906; to push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from c.1860. Push-button (n.) is from 1898; adj. sense "characterized by the use of push-buttons" is from 1946.
2. From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove. See: Latin 'pulsare'.

Verbs referencing "push"

Spanish pujar, Sranan pusu, Galician puxar, Spanish puchar, Papiamento pusha, Dutch pushen, German, old spelling pushen, Korean 푸시하다.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] Eliza's child, too ! I know that I shall have some fuss with wife about that; and, for that matter, about Tom, too. So much for being in debt,—heigho ! The fellow sees his advantage, and means to push it. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Aunt Chloe, having thus saved appearances, seemed highly delighted to push the thing under, saying, as she did so, “ Well, mebbe ’ t will do ’ em some good. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ And now, ” said Eliza, as she stood in the door, “ I saw my husband only this afternoon, and I little knew then what was to come. They have pushed him to the very last standing place, and he told me, today, that he was going to run away. Do try, if you can, to get word to him. Tell him how I went, and why I went; and tell him I 'm going to try [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] ” and coughed several times, took out his pocket-handkerchief, and began to wipe his glasses. Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her advantage. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] met the ear of the auctioneer. Anxious, half-frightened, he looked from side to side, as he heard the clatter of contending bids,—now here, now there,—till the hammer fell. Haley had got him. He was pushed from the block toward his new master, but stopped one moment, and looked back, when his poor old mother, trembling in every limb, held out her shaking hands toward him. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Now ! ” said Haley, pushing his three purchases together, and producing a bundle of handcuffs, which he proceeded to put on their wrists; and fastening each handcuff to a long chain, he drove them before him to the jail. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ What's little missy's name ? ” said Tom, at last, when he thought matters were ripe to push such an inquiry. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ That's a clever fellow, now, ” said he. “ Well, the carriage is waiting, and the crowd are now off, so that one can walk out in a decent and Christian manner, and not be pushed and shoved. Here, ” he added to a driver who stood behind him, “ take these things. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] very clean and good a one, that the managers of the jaunt resolved to return to it and put up there for the night, if possible. This course decided on, and the horses being well refreshed, we again pushed forward, and came upon the Prairie at sunset. (American Notes for General Circulation)