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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