What's the difference between push and tugboat?

Push


Definition:

  • (n.) A pustule; a pimple.
  • (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
  • (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
  • (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
  • (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
  • (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
  • (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
  • (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
  • (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
  • (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
  • (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
  • (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
  • (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
  • (2) "It seems that this is just a few experts who are pushing it through parliament … without anyone thinking through the likely consequences for our country," said Duke Tagoe of the Food Sovereignty campaign group.
  • (3) John Large, a leading nuclear consultant, said: "The HSE as an independent agency will come under tremendous pressure to push through these designs.
  • (4) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
  • (5) Activists in the country are pushing to get their voices heard ahead of Sunday's race.
  • (6) But late last month, Amisom pushed them out of Afgoye, a strategic stronghold 30km from Mogadishu, where Amisom officials say the militants used to manufacture explosives used in attacks on the capital.
  • (7) Gerhard Schröder , Merkel’s immediate predecessor, had pushed through parliament a radical reform agenda to get the country’s spluttering economy back on track.
  • (8) The view that testes found lateral to the external ring and which could be pushed some way into the scrotum were merely retractile was questioned.
  • (9) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
  • (10) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
  • (11) Markets reacted calmly on Friday to the downgrade by Moody's of 16 European and US banks, with share prices steady after the reduction in credit ratings, which can push up the cost of borrowing for banks which they could pass on to customers.
  • (12) They also had speakers, long before boomboxes and mobile phones pushed sounds out in public.
  • (13) The minister for health, Mamy Lalatiana Andriamanarivo, says he is determined to push ahead with ambitious plans for universal free healthcare.
  • (14) The effect of 5 beta- and 5 alpha-reduced progestins on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) release was examined using either an in vitro superfusion or an in vivo push-pull perfusion (PPP) technique.
  • (15) That may well be the case, but it is extremely unlikely that Britain would be able to choose the terms of its future cooperation with the EU and not face push-back from member states.
  • (16) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
  • (17) The environment secretary, Liz Truss , has stripped farmers of subsidies for solar farms, saying they are a “blight” that was pushing food production overseas.
  • (18) Threadneedle Street has shaved 0.75 points off borrowing costs in but has not moved since April and with rising energy bills likely to push inflation close to 5% in the coming months is thought more likely to raise bank rate than cut it when the Bank meets this week.
  • (19) On physical examination the patients complained of pain on both passive flexion and internal rotation of the hip, and when the thigh was pushed backwards at 90 degrees of flexion.
  • (20) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.

Tugboat


Definition:

  • (n.) See Tug, n., 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The drugs were found in a secret hold in the Tanzania-registered tugboat.
  • (2) Mumin Sahin and Emin Ozmen were found guilty of smuggling three tonnes of the class A drug, which were discovered inside the MV Hamal tugboat about 100 miles (160km) off the coast of Aberdeen in 2015.
  • (3) It was brought by tugboat on Sunday to a port near Pangkalan Bun on Borneo, the search headquarters.
  • (4) He's unhappy with an article headlined Minister Silent on Tugboats.
  • (5) The Kulluk was towed on Monday by a 360ft anchor handler, the Aiviq, and a tugboat, the Alert.
  • (6) The incident took place on Monday, 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya, after an Italian tugboat and the coastguard ship came to the rescue of 250 migrants.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The cocaine was found in a secret hold on board the MV Hamal tugboat.
  • (8) The floating barge office where the tugboat captain reports for duty is tilted like a funhouse.
  • (9) A unit in Misrata, 280 miles up the coast, commandeered a tugboat,  lashed jeeps mounted with rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns to the decks, and set sail.
  • (10) The tugboat crew guided the drill ship to a place where it would cause the least environmental damage and cut it loose.
  • (11) Start at the PE harbour and watch tugboats hauling in car carriers and cruise ships.
  • (12) In one narrow part of the lake, dozens of dredgers extend from the shore in a line, leaving only a narrow passageway for a tugboat hauling a barge piled up with yellow sand.
  • (13) It was brought by tugboat on Sunday to a port near the search headquarters at Pangkalan Bun on Borneo.
  • (14) Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) has published abysmal data on payouts from Pandora and Spotify for his song "Tugboat" and Lowery even wrote a piece entitled " My Song Got Played on Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89, Less Than What I Make from a Single T-shirt Sale! "

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