{
    "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."
}