push-up
an exercise in which a person, keeping a prone position with the hands palms down under the shoulders, the balls of the feet on the ground, and the back straight, pushes the body up and lets it down by an alternate straightening and bending of the arms.
(of a brassiere) having padding and usually underwires in the lower part of the cups so as to raise the breasts and make them seem fuller.
(of a sleeve) made to be pushed up the arm, away from the wrist or elbow, so as to create a puffed or creased fullness.
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How to use push-up in a sentence
These big events do nothing to push up the popularity of the royal family, but they do a lot for us, for us it's all good news.
British Republicans Hail New Royal Baby As Good Recruiting Tool | Tom Sykes | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI made a mental note to wear a push-up bra for the rest of my time in Turkey.
The Model Diaries: In Turkey, It’s No Breasts, No Jobs | Anonymous | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe $16 plastic frame appears to push up into the eyelid cover to separate it from the lid.
DIY Plastic Surgery: Can You Change Your Face Without Going Under the Knife? | Nina Strochlic | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of these clips inside your nostrils to “push up the bones and contours of your nose,” slimming it.
DIY Plastic Surgery: Can You Change Your Face Without Going Under the Knife? | Nina Strochlic | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs they enter the city, creatives push up rents, displacing local stores and residents.
Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class | Joel Kotkin | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Tell yourself that you'll be able to push up fifty times from the ground before you come out.
First Plays | A. A. MilneWhen Ney and Sebastiani began on the twentieth to push up the south bank of the Aube, they expected no opposition.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneOh, probably the water isn't very deep; they can push up part way, and then wade.
Amy in Acadia | Helen Leah ReedPorter made no effort to push up the Warrenton turnpike, followed by the divisions of King and Reynolds.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard StevensOut of the woods in front the enemy were swarming like angry bees in clouds of skirmishers, and beginning to push up the slope.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for push-up
US and Canadian an exercise in which the body is alternately raised from and lowered to the floor by the arms only, the trunk being kept straight with the toes and hands resting on the floor: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): press-up
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