Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That part of a tile-press which raises the die to the plunger. See tile-press.

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  • noun An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.

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Examples

  • The press-up, also known as a push-up, is a versatile exercise that when performed correctly targets the chest, arms and core.

    Evening Standard - Home David Higgins 2012

  • Salzone loves something called the atomic push-up, which is accomplished with hands flat on the floor and feet suspended in straps six-to-12 inches above the ground.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The press-up, also known as a push-up, is a versatile exercise that when performed correctly targets the chest, arms and core.

    Evening Standard - Home David Higgins 2012

  • The press-up, also known as a push-up, is a versatile exercise that when performed correctly targets the chest, arms and core.

    Evening Standard - Home David Higgins 2012

  • The press-up, also known as a push-up, is a versatile exercise that when performed correctly targets the chest, arms and core.

    Evening Standard - Home David Higgins 2012

  • This is a variation on the traditional push-up, which is very difficult to do with good form if you haven’t been keeping your upper-body and core strength up.

    THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

  • This is a variation on the traditional push-up, which is very difficult to do with good form if you haven’t been keeping your upper-body and core strength up.

    THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

  • Try padded, push-up bikini tops from Abercrombie & Fitch, designed for girls as young as 7 and 8.

    Parents decry marketers who push sexuality on little girls 2011

  • Krogh recalled, in his memoir of the Watergate era, that Mr. Shulman had occasionally used one-arm push-up competitions to bring levity to difficult moments.

    Stephen N. Shulman, lawyer who defended Watergate figure, dies at 77 Emma Brown 2011

  • They can fill out a Victoria's Secret push-up and inspire other nursing mothers.

    Anushay Hossain: Your Breast Face Forward: The Controversy Over Nursing Your Newborn Anushay Hossain 2011

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