PUSH UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Push upward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "push up" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "push up"):

uplift (lift up or elevate)

boost up (push upward)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Push upward

Example:

The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air

Synonyms:

push up; thrust

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "push up" is one way to...):

jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out (extend out or project in space)

Verb group:

thrust (force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP