shoves
plural of shove
shoves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shove
Source: Wiktionary
Shove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.] Etym: [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc; akin to OFries. sk, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk, sk, 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. sq. 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.
2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot.
Shove, v. i.
1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
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. He grasped the oar,shoved from shore. Garth.
Shove, n.
Definition: The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift.
Syn.
– See Thrust.
Shove, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
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