poussés

Poussés is the masculine plural past participle of pousser and, in some contexts, the masculine form used in adjectival phrases; more commonly, the related noun poussée (feminine plural poussées) designates a push, a thrust, or a surge. The term derives from the French verb pousser, meaning to push or to grow, and the noun form is built with the suffix -ée, yielding poussée; the masculine plural past participle form is poussés and is used to describe something that has been pushed or driven by a force.

In technical and scientific language, poussées often refer to a propulsion-related force, such as the thrust produced by engines or other propulsion systems. In medicine and biology, the word is used for sudden increases or flare-ups, such as a poussée inflammatoire or a growth spurt described as poussée de croissance. In horticulture, poussée végétative denotes a period of active vegetative growth. In meteorology and climatology, the term can describe gusts or surges of wind. The expression may also appear in general prose to indicate objects or phenomena that are pushed or driven by external forces, for example “des objets poussés par le vent.”

See also: poussée, poussée pubertaire, poussée d’adrénaline, poussées inflammatoires.