Definition of "shove"

shove¹

/ʃʌv/

verb
third-person singular simple present shoves, present participle shoving, simple past shoved or (obsolete) shave, past participle shoved or (obsolete) shoven
1. (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
  Quotations
  So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
  The ship was anon shoven in the sea.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889,
2. (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
  Quotations
  He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
  1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary
3. (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
4. (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
noun
plural shoves
1. A rough push.
  Quotations
  I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], part I (A Voyage to Lilliput)
2. (poker slang) An all-in bet.
3. A forward movement of packed river-ice.

shove²

/ʃəʊv/

verb
1. (obsolete) simple past of shave

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