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   Shove , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoved ; 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.]
   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.
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   To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
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   And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
   Milton.
   
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   He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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   Shove, v. i.
   To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
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   To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
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   He grasped the oar,
   eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
   Garth.
   
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   Shove , n. The act of shoving; a forcible push.
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   I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
   Swift.
   
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   Syn. -- See Thrust.
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   Shove, obs. p. p. of Shove.
   Chaucer.
   
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