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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shove over en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To push over; to push so that it topples.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To move aside to make additional room for another person; to scooch or scoot over.
    • […] I stand there over him with my breakfast tray, expecting him to jovially shove over and make room for me on the bench instead of just kind of blinking at me […] 2011, Terra Elan McVoy, The Summer of Firsts and Lasts, page 251:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shoved over Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shoved over Tense=Past lexicographic
shoving over Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shoves over Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

shove up