push (EN)
sögn, Nafnorð

sögn “push”

push; he pushes; past pushed, part. pushed; ger. pushing
  1. að ýta
    She pushed the heavy door open with all her might.
  2. að þrýsta á einhvern (í merkingu að sannfæra)
    His parents kept pushing him to apply for more colleges.
  3. að kynna af krafti
    The company keeps pushing their new software, but I don't think it's any better than the old version.
  4. að leggja hart að sér
    Even though she was exhausted, she kept pushing to finish her marathon training.
  5. að nálgast mjög (eitthvað stig eða punkt)
    He's pushing 40 but still runs marathons like he's in his twenties.
  6. að rembast (við fæðingu eða hægðalosun)
    When the contractions started, the nurse told her it was not yet time to push.
  7. að bjóða hærra verð (á uppboði)
    At the art auction, she pushed her bid to $10,000 to secure the painting.
  8. að færa peð fram (í skák)
    In his next move, he pushed his pawn two squares forward to gain more control of the center.
  9. að bæta við efst í stafla (í tölvunarfræði)
    The program pushes a new value onto the stack every time the user clicks the button.
  10. að senda uppfærslu (til annarra tölvukerfa)
    After fixing the bug, the developer pushed the new version of the app to the server.

Nafnorð “push”

sg. push, pl. pushes or uncountable
  1. ýting
    To get the car moving, we all had to give it a strong push.
  2. rembingur (við fæðingu eða hægðalosun)
    During childbirth, the doctor encouraged her to give a big push to help deliver the baby.
  3. kraftmikil tilraun
    In the final push to finish the marathon, she ignored her exhaustion and sprinted towards the finish line.
  4. tilraun til að sannfæra
    His friends gave him a gentle push to try out for the school play, knowing he had a hidden talent for acting.
  5. jafntefli (í veðmálum)
    After the game ended in a draw, my bet was a push, so I got my money back without any profit.
  6. atburðurinn að bæta við efst í stafla (í tölvunarfræði)
    In the program, we do a push to keep the item ready for later.
  7. sjálfvirk sending (frá þjóni til viðskiptavinar)
    When you receive a notification from a news app about breaking news, that's an example of a push where the app sends you information without you asking for it.