pushed

Pushed is the past tense and past participle of the verb push. As a transitive verb, it ordinarily means to apply force on an object to move it away from the referent or in a particular direction, as in “she pushed the cart” or “the door was pushed open.” In passive form, “pushed” describes something that has been moved by such force, e.g., “the button was pushed.” The intransitive sense is less common but may appear in phrases like “the wagon pushed ahead.”

Figurative uses include pressing someone or something into action, for example “pushed to finish the project” or “pushed into service sooner than planned.” “Pushed” can also convey coercion or urging via external pressure: “pushed hard by market forces.”

Origin: The verb push is of Germanic origin with cognates in several languages; the form pushed is the standard past tense formed with -ed in modern English.

Phrasal and related uses: Many phrasal verbs with push convey movement or effort, such as push back, push forward, push through, push up, and push on. The expression “pushed around” may indicate mistreatment in a negative sense.

Technology and science: In computing, push refers to mechanisms that transmit information without a pull request, as in push notifications. In software development, git push uploads commits from a local repository to a remote one. In data structures, push is the operation that adds an element to a stack. See also: push, pushing, push notification, git push.