Crossword clues for shoved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
--Milton.He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
--Arbuthnot.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: shove)
Usage examples of "shoved".
Suddenly the vines were shoved aside as three large golden fliers glided in, coming to a halt a respectful distance from where the shuttle had nested so long.
Ferrill took it with a brief glance at the outer inscription and shoved it into his belt.
He kept his hold on his wife with one arm as he opened the door and shoved the Proctor back into the Aisle.
Resolutely he shoved the enigma of the Hrrubans to the back of his mind until she had left.
His grimace was mocking as he shoved a finger in his ear, pretending to clear it of a deafening obstacle.
There seemed to be dozens of small artifacts shoved between the elements of the machinery.
Todd plopped down next to Hrriss and shoved the third chair a short distance away so the two of them could share it to prop their feet.
Errrne was puzzled when Cinnamon shoved away the chair beside their table in the lunch room.
If your Guidance Officer had wit one about him, he'd have phased you out of Computer Science, and shoved you into the Human ities.
Clas told her, and before she could protest, he dragged her up to the shop's computer and shoved her wrist ID disc into the slot, punching out a data request.
He shoved himself out of the couch, lobbed the old coffee into the disposal chute, and went for another.
The beacon apparatus, both beam and transmitter, was missing, probably knocked off by the meteor that had shoved the pod into the cradle it now occupied.
Mustering the strength of Discipline, she shoved her way through the crowd.
I won't be shoved into one of those tiny life preservers with a hundred hysterical grand dames wailing for their money!
She tried to catch the stair rail, but was knocked off her feet and shoved underfoot.