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Dictionary Results for shove:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shove
    n 1: the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something);
         "he gave the door a shove"
    v 1: come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers
         jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [syn:
         jostle, shove]
    2: push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
    3: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
       the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
       squeeze]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shove \Shove\ (sh[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved
   (sh[u^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.] [OE. shoven, AS.
   scofian, fr. sc[=u]fan; akin to OFries. sk[=u]va, D.
   schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[=u]fa,
   sk[=y]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put
   away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to
   quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160.
   Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.]
   1. 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.
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   2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
      manner; to jostle.
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            And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton.
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            He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shove \Shove\, v. i.
   1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or
      jostling.
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   2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a
      pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
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            He grasped the oar,
            eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
                                                  --Garth.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shove \Shove\, n.
   The act of shoving; a forcible push.
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         I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
                                                  --Swift.
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   Syn: See Thrust.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shove \Shove\, obs.
   p. p. of Shove. --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster] Shoveboard

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