单词 | outpushing |
释义 | outpushingn. Biology. The action or process of pushing outwards; an instance of this. Also: a bulge or protuberance formed by outward displacement or growth. ΚΠ 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 530 The end cell seems to grow by a sort of out-pushing of the primordial utricle from the central part of the fore end. 1894 Science 27 Dec. 897/2 The change of form consist[s] in outpushings here and there that give the drop a decidedly amœboid outline. 1926 J. Huxley Ess. in Pop. Sci. 18 203 An outpushing from the brain itself. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 26 129/2 When mature, the conidium hurls itself horizontally for 5 to 12 mm. by the sudden outpushing of the papilla. 1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) iii. 25/2 Different degrees of outpushing of the body wall give rise to sponges with a more complex type of construction. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outpushingadj. That pushes or thrusts outwards. Also figurative: enterprising, ambitious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising adventurousc1330 emprising1584 enterprising1601 spirited1601 yanking1823 go-ahead1829 go-aheadative1836 go-aheadish1851 fore-reaching1864 get-up-and-get1874 rustling1877 outpushing1884 thrustful1909 go-getting1912 push-and-go1916 can-do1926 go-go-go1954 1884 Overland Monthly Apr. 409/2 My friendly tree with its outpushing branches and sensitive leaves. 1894 Chicago Advance 2 Aug. Some outpushing Chinese and still more enterprising Japanese. 1926 O. Barfield Hist. in Eng. Words i. 14 Some organic, out-pushing quality in the waters of this Aryan spring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867adj.1884 |
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