Dictionary entry

Shove (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shove, v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.

He grasped the oar,

eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. Garth.