push – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of push

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to push sb round
Participle: pushed sb round
Gerund: pushing sb round

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipush sb round
youpush sb round
he;she;itpushes sb round
wepush sb round
youpush sb round
theypush sb round

Perfect

Ihave pushed sb round
youhave pushed sb round
he;she;ithas pushed sb round
wehave pushed sb round
youhave pushed sb round
theyhave pushed sb round

Past

Ipushed sb round
youpushed sb round
he;she;itpushed sb round
wepushed sb round
youpushed sb round
theypushed sb round

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sb round
youhad pushed sb round
he;she;ithad pushed sb round
wehad pushed sb round
youhad pushed sb round
theyhad pushed sb round

Future

Iwill push sb round
youwill push sb round
he;she;itwill push sb round
wewill push sb round
youwill push sb round
theywill push sb round

Future Perfect

Iwill have pushed sb round
youwill have pushed sb round
he;she;itwill have pushed sb round
wewill have pushed sb round
youwill have pushed sb round
theywill have pushed sb round

Subjunctive

Present

Ipush sb round
youpush sb round
he;she;itpush sb round
wepush sb round
youpush sb round
theypush sb round

Perfect

Ihave pushed sb round
youhave pushed sb round
he;she;ithave pushed sb round
wehave pushed sb round
youhave pushed sb round
theyhave pushed sb round

Imperfect

Ipushed sb round
youpushed sb round
he;she;itpushed sb round
wepushed sb round
youpushed sb round
theypushed sb round

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sb round
youhad pushed sb round
he;she;ithad pushed sb round
wehad pushed sb round
youhad pushed sb round
theyhad pushed sb round

Conditional

Present

Iwould push sb round
youwould push sb round
he;she;itwould push sb round
wewould push sb round
youwould push sb round
theywould push sb round

Perfect

Iwould have pushed sb round
youwould have pushed sb round
he;she;itwould have pushed sb round
wewould have pushed sb round
youwould have pushed sb round
theywould have pushed sb round

Imperative

youpush sb round
weLet's push sb round
youpush sb round

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pushing sb round
youare pushing sb round
he;she;itis pushing sb round
weare pushing sb round
youare pushing sb round
theyare pushing sb round

Perfect

Ihave been pushing sb round
youhave been pushing sb round
he;she;ithas been pushing sb round
wehave been pushing sb round
youhave been pushing sb round
theyhave been pushing sb round

Past

Iwas pushing sb round
youwere pushing sb round
he;she;itwas pushing sb round
wewere pushing sb round
youwere pushing sb round
theywere pushing sb round

Pluperfect

Ihad been pushing sb round
youhad been pushing sb round
he;she;ithad been pushing sb round
wehad been pushing sb round
youhad been pushing sb round
theyhad been pushing sb round

Future

Iwill be pushing sb round
youwill be pushing sb round
he;she;itwill be pushing sb round
wewill be pushing sb round
youwill be pushing sb round
theywill be pushing sb round

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pushing sb round
youwill have been pushing sb round
he;she;itwill have been pushing sb round
wewill have been pushing sb round
youwill have been pushing sb round
theywill have been pushing sb round

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pushing sb round
youwould be pushing sb round
he;she;itwould be pushing sb round
wewould be pushing sb round
youwould be pushing sb round
theywould be pushing sb round

Perfect

Iwould have been pushing sb round
youwould have been pushing sb round
he;she;itwould have been pushing sb round
wewould have been pushing sb round
youwould have been pushing sb round
theywould have been pushing sb round

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)