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• push — push1 [ puʃ ] verb *** ▸ 1 move someone/something away ▸ 2 press button on machine ▸ 3 move through group ▸ 4 encourage/force someone ▸ 5 try to sell something ▸ 6 make something reach level ▸ 7 sell illegal drugs ▸ 8 make impatient/annoyed ▸ 9… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• push — I UK [pʊʃ] / US verb Word forms push : present tense I/you/we/they push he/she/it pushes present participle pushing past tense pushed past participle pushed *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something away from you, or from… …   English dictionary

• shove — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, gentle, light, little, playful ▪ good, hard, hefty (BrE), mighty …   Collocations dictionary

• 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Push Barman to Open Old Wounds — Album par Belle and Sebastian Sortie 2005 Genre Pop Label Jeepster Records Critique Allmusic …   Wikipédia en Français

• push off — AND shove off in. to leave. (As if one were pushing away from a dock.) □ Well, it looks like it’s time to push off. □ It’s time to go. Let’s shove off …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• shove — shove1 [ ʃʌv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to push someone or something with force: Stop shoving me! shove someone to/into/on etc. something: He kicked Jason and shoved some other kid to the ground. pushing and shoving (=pushing with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shove — shove1 S3 [ʃʌv] v [: Old English; Origin: scufan to push away ] 1.) [I and T] to push someone or something in a rough or careless way, using your hands or shoulders ▪ He shoved her towards the car. ▪ Everyone was pushing and shoving to see the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shove — shove1 shover, n. /shuv/, v., shoved, shoving, n. v.t. 1. to move along by force from behind; push. 2. to push roughly or rudely; jostle. 3. Slang (often vulgar). to go to hell with: Voters are telling Congress to shove its new tax plan. v.i. 4.… …   Universalium

• push — [[t]p ʊʃ[/t]] ♦♦ pushes, pushing, pushed 1) VERB When you push something, you use force to make it move away from you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] The woman pushed back her chair and stood up... [V n prep] They pushed him… …   English dictionary

• push — verb 1》 exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.     ↘hold and exert force on (something) so as to cause it to move in front of one.     ↘move one s body or a part of it forcefully into a specified position.… …   English new terms dictionary