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SHOVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shove mean?
• SHOVE (noun)
The noun SHOVE has 1 sense:
1. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
Familiarity information: SHOVE used as a noun is very rare.
• SHOVE (verb)
The verb SHOVE has 3 senses:
1. come into rough contact with while moving
Familiarity information: SHOVE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he gave the door a shove
Hypernyms ("shove" is a kind of...):
push; pushing (the act of applying force in order to move something away)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shove"):
bundling (the act of shoving hastily)
jostle; jostling (the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing))
Derivation:
shove (push roughly)
shove (come into rough contact with while moving)
shove (press or force)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: shoved
Past participle: shoved
-ing form: shoving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come into rough contact with while moving
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jostle; shove
Context example:
The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
Hypernyms (to "shove" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shove"):
elbow (push one's way with the elbows)
shoulder in (push one's way in with one's shoulders)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
shove (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something))
shover (someone who pushes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Push roughly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the people pushed and shoved to get in line
Hypernyms (to "shove" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
shove (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something))
shover (someone who pushes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Press or force
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
She thrust the letter into his hand
Hypernyms (to "shove" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They shove the books into the box
Derivation:
shove (the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something))
Context examples
Martin shoved his plate away and got up.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Bless you, my little Minnie—my grand-daughter you know, Minnie's child—puts her little strength against the back, gives it a shove, and away we go, as clever and merry as ever you see anything!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He shoved the large tin of cigarettes which stood on a table beside him towards my companion.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And the next moment he and the captain had dropped aboard of us, and we had shoved off and given way.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“No, no,” cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Back and farther back Edith shoved her husband.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Friend John, when I turn the handle, if the door does not open, do you put your shoulder down and shove; and you too, my friends.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
When his food was shoved in to him, he growled like a wild animal.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He was but two paces behind when I tumbled into the boat, and as I shoved off with an oar his teeth crunched down upon the blade.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
One possibility is that dark energy, already known to be accelerating the cosmos, may be shoving galaxies away from each other with even greater—or growing—strength.
(Measuring Growth of Universe Reveals a Mystery, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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