1. An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
   "He could do 50 pushups without stopping";
   - press-up [Brit]

1. Push to make move upwards
   "He pushed up the sleeves of his shirt"
    
2. Lift or raise by pushing from below
   "She pushed up her children when the policeman came by";
   - boost up
    
3. Push violently in a specified direction
   "The explosion pushed up debris into the air";
   - thrust

Derived forms: pushups, pushing up, pushed up, pushes up

Type of: arm exercise, force, jut, jut out, project, protrude, push, stick out

Encyclopedia: Pushup