6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shove  \Shove\,  n. 
  The  act  of  shoving;  a  forcible  push 
 
  I  rested  .  .  .  and  then  gave  the  boat  another  shove. 
  --Swift. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Thrust}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shove  \Shove\,  obs. 
  p.  p.  of  {Shove}.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shove  \Shove\  (sh[u^]v),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shoved} 
  (sh[u^]vd);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Shoving}.]  [OE.  shoven,  AS 
  scofian  fr  sc[=u]fan;  akin  to  OFries  sk[=u]va,  D. 
  schuiven  G.  schieben  OHG.  scioban  Icel.  sk[=u]fa, 
  sk[=y]fa,  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.  [root]160. 
  Cf  {Sheaf}  a  bundle  of  stalks,  {Scoop},  {Scuffle}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  push  along  aside,  or  away  in  a  careless  or  rude 
  manner;  to  jostle. 
 
  And  shove  away  the  worthy  bidden  guest.  --Milton. 
 
  He  used  to  shove  and  elbow  his  fellow  servants. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shove  \Shove\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  push  or  drive  forward;  to  move  onward  by  pushing  or 
  jostling. 
 
  2.  To  move  off  or  along  by  an  act  pushing,  as  with  an  oar  a 
  pole  used  by  one  in  a  boat;  sometimes  with  off 
 
  He  grasped  the  oar,  eceived  his  guests  on  board,  and 
  shoved  from  shore.  --Garth. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spout  \Spout\,  n.  [Cf.  Sw  spruta  a  squirt,  a  syringe.  See 
  {Spout},  v.  t.] 
  1.  That  through  which  anything  spouts;  a  discharging  lip, 
  pipe,  or  orifice;  a  tube,  pipe,  or  conductor  of  any  kind 
  through  which  a  liquid  is  poured,  or  by  which  it  is 
  conveyed  in  a  stream  from  one  place  to  another;  as  the 
  spout  of  a  teapot;  a  spout  for  conducting  water  from  the 
  roof  of  a  building.  --Addison.  ``A  conduit  with  three 
  issuing  spouts.''  --Shak. 
 
  In  whales  .  .  .  an  ejection  thereof  [water]  is 
  contrived  by  a  fistula,  or  spout,  at  the  head.  --Sir 
  T.  Browne. 
 
  From  silver  spouts  the  grateful  liquors  glide. 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  A  trough  for  conducting  grain,  flour,  etc.,  into  a 
  receptacle. 
 
  3.  A  discharge  or  jet  of  water  or  other  liquid,  esp.  when 
  rising  in  a  column;  also  a  waterspout. 
 
  {To  put},  {shove},  or  {pop},  {up  the  spout},  to  pawn  or 
  pledge  at  a  pawnbroker's;  --  in  allusion  to  the  spout  up 
  which  the  pawnbroker  sent  the  ticketed  articles.  [Cant] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shove 
  n  :  the  act  of  shoving  (giving  a  push  to  someone  or  something); 
  "he  gave  the  door  a  shove" 
  v  1:  come  into  rough  contact  with  while  moving  "The  passengers 
  each  other  in  the  overcrowded  train"  [syn:  {jostle}] 
  2:  push  roughly;  "the  people  pushed  and  shoved  to  get  in  line" 
  3:  press  or  force;  "Stuff  money  into  an  envelope";  "She  thrust 
  the  letter  into  his  hand"  [syn:  {thrust},  {stuff},  {squeeze}] 

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