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Pushed
- verb - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
- move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward"
- move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
- press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
- press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
Putrid
- adjective - in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
- morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
- of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition"
Putted
- verb - hit a putt; "he lost because he putted so poorly"
- strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"
Quaked
- verb - shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
- shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
Queued
- verb - form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"
Quoted
- verb - cited as evidence
- name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
- put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
- refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
- repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Racked
- verb - draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
- fly in high wind
- go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
- obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
- run before a gale
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
- torment emotionally or mentally
- torture on the rack
- work on a rack; "rack leather"
Rafted
- verb - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
- transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
- travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
Ragged
- verb - being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
- break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
- having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
- play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
- treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
Raided
- verb - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
- search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
- take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"