shove
//ʃʌv//
Forms
- present (v1)
- shove
- past (v2)
- shoved
- past participle (v3)
- shoved
- present participle
- shoving
- 3rd person singular
- shoves
- Plural
- shoves
Definitions
1.To push, especially roughly or with force.
- The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
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.To make an all-in bet.
4.To pass (counterfeit money).(slang)
1.A rough push.
- I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
2.An all-in bet.(slang)
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-.