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

2. push roughly

3. press or force

  Familiarity information: SHOVE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOVE (noun)

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)

• SHOVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they shove    ... he / she / it shoves   
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...):

force; push (move with force)

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...):

force; push (move with force)

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:

shove; squeeze; stuff; thrust

Context example:

She thrust the letter into his hand

Hypernyms (to "shove" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

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)