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pousser — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • impel verb To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • prod verb To poke someone or something, usually with a finger or pointed object.
  • push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
  • shove verb To push something or someone roughly.
  • urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.

Senses

pousser is used for these senses in English:

  • drive (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
  • drive (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
  • egg on (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
  • grow (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
  • impel (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
  • impel (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
  • lead To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
  • lead To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.

drive — full definition

  1. verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  2. verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
  3. noun A journey made in a vehicle.
  4. noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
  5. noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.

grow — full definition

  1. verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  2. verb To develop or mature, physically or personally.
  3. verb To cultivate plants or cause them to develop.
  4. verb To gradually come to have a quality or feeling.

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