Found 6 hits - Term: shove, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shove \shove\ shu^v, v. t. imp. p. p. shoved
shu^vd; p. pr. vb. n. shoving. oe. shoven, as.
scofian, fr. sc=ufan; akin to ofries. sk=uva, d.
schuiven, g. schieben, ohg. scioban, icel. sk=ufa,
sk=yfa, 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. root160.
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.
1913 webster
2. to push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude
manner; to jostle.
1913 webster
and shove away the worthy bidden guest. --milton.
1913 webster
he used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
--arbuthnot.
1913 webster
see also:
shoved shoving sheaf scoop scuffle
- [2] : 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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
he grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
--garth.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shove \shove\, n.
the act of shoving; a forcible push.
1913 webster
i rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
--swift.
1913 webster
syn: see thrust.
1913 webster
see also:
thrust
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shove \shove\, obs.
p. p. of shove. --chaucer.
1913 webster shoveboard
see also:
shove
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
shove
n : 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
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, squeeze
see also:
jostle thrust stuff squeeze
- [6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
82 moby thesaurus words for "shove":
actuate, advance, assault, bear, bear upon, bearing, black-market,
black-marketeer, boost, bootleg, bowl, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump,
bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, cram, crowd, dig, drive,
driving force, elbow, fence, force, forward, goad, head, hurtle,
hustle, impel, impulsion, jab, jam, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle,
mobilize, moonshine, motivate, motive power, move, nudge, pedal,
peddle, pile drive, poke, pole, press, pressure, prod, propel,
propelling, propelment, propulsion, pulsion, punch, push, pushing,
ram, ram down, rattle, roll, row, run, run against, set in motion,
shake, shoulder, shoving, shunt, stress, sweep, sweep along, tamp,
thrust, treadle, troll, trundle
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