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Meaning of 'shove' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shove
- p. p. of Shove.
2 . Shove [ n.]
- The act of shoving; a forcible push.
3 . Shove [ v. i.]
- To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
- To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
4 . Shove [ v. t.]
- To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.
- To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.

Meaning of 'shove' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shove [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
Example in sentence:
  • he gave the door a shove
2 . shove [ v]
Meaning (2):
- press or force
Example in sentence:
  • She thrust the letter into his hand;
  • Stuff money into an envelope
Meaning (3):
- come into rough contact with while moving
Example in sentence:
  • The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
Meaning (4):
- push roughly
Example in sentence:
  • the people pushed and shoved to get in line

Nearby Words:

shoad shoading shoal shoaled shoaliness shoaling shoaly shoar shoat shock

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