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shove

//ʃʌv//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for shove

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Forms

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
shove
past (v2)
shoved
past participle (v3)
shoved
present participle
shoving
3rd person singular
shoves

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
shoves

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To push, especially roughly or with force.

    • The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
  2. 2.To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.

    • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
  3. 3.To make an all-in bet.

  4. 4.To pass (counterfeit money).(slang)

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A rough push.

    • I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
  2. 2.An all-in bet.(slang)

  3. 3.A forward movement of packed river-ice.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4441

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

From Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

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