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Webster 1913 Edition
Shove
Shove
(shŭv)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shoved
(shŭvd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shoving
.] [OE.
shoven
, AS. scofian
, fr. scūfan
; akin to OFries. skūva
, D. schuiven
, G. schieben
, OHG. scioban
, Icel. skūfa
, skȳfa
, 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. √160. 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
,Verb.
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,
eceived his guests on board, and
eceived his guests on board, and
shoved
from shore. Garth.
Shove
,Noun.
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
I rested . . . and then gave the boat another
shove
. Swift.
Syn. – See
Thrust
. Webster 1828 Edition
Shove
SHOVE
,Verb.
T.
1. To push; to propel; to drive along by the direct application of strength without impulse; particularly, to push a body by sliding or causing it to move along the surface of another body, either by the hand or by an instrument; as, the shove a bottle along a table; to shove a table along the floor; to shove a boat along the water.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton.