Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of a tile-press which raises the die to the plunger. See
tile-press .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
exercise done to improveupper body strength , performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off thefloor .
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Examples
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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