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{
"term": "shove",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "shove",
"heSheIt": "shoves"
},
"pastSimple": "shoved",
"pastParticiple": "shoved",
"ingForm": "shoving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to push somebody/something in a rough way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.shove somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The crowd was **pushing and shoving** to get a better view."
},
{
"text": "The door wouldn't open no matter how hard she shoved.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "He shoved her down the stairs.",
"contextForm": "shove somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "He shoved me roughly aside."
},
{
"text": "He was shoved to the ground."
},
{
"text": "He shoved the girl out of his way."
},
{
"text": "We shoved our way through the crowd."
},
{
"text": "Harry was shoving his way to the front of the hall."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["forcefully", "hard", "roughly"],
"preposition": ["down", "in", "into"],
"phrases": [
"push and shove",
"shove your hands in your pockets",
"shove your hands into your pockets"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put something somewhere roughly or carelessly",
"sensetop": "shove something + adv./prep.",
"labels": "(informal)(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She shoved the book into her bag and hurried off."
},
{
"text": "He came over and shoved a piece of paper into my hand."
},
{
"text": "Shove your suitcase under the bed."
},
{
"text": "Could he be lying? She shoved the thought to the back of her mind."
},
{
"text": "A leaflet was shoved through my letter box."
},
{
"text": "She shoved the letter in a drawer."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["forcefully", "hard", "roughly"],
"preposition": ["down", "in", "into"],
"phrases": [
"push and shove",
"shove your hands in your pockets",
"shove your hands into your pockets"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say rudely that you will not accept or do something",
"labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘The boss wants that report now.’ ‘Yeah? Tell him he can shove it.’"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌv/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shove__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌvz/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌvd/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃʌvɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoving__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌv/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shove__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌvz/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃʌvd/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoved__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃʌvɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shove/shoving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English scūfan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schuiven and German schieben, also to shuffle."
}