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Noun shove has 1 sense

shove - the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"
--₁ is a kind of push, pushing
--₁ has particulars: bundling; jostle, jostling
Derived forms: verb shove₃, verb shove₂, verb shove₁

Verb shove has 3 senses

jostle, shove - come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"
--₁ is one way to push, force

Derived forms: noun shove₁, noun shover₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
shove - push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"
--₂ is one way to push, force

Derived forms: noun shove₁, noun shover₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze - press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
--₃ is one way to push, force

Derived form: noun shove₁
Sample sentence:
They shove the books into the box