Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun edit

schoven

  1. plural of schoof

Verb edit

schoven

  1. inflection of schuiven:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English sċūfan, sċēofan (the latter is the ancestor of the variant scheven) from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, *skūbaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuvən/, /ˈʃuːvən/, /ˈʃeːvən/

Verb edit

schoven

  1. To shove; to move (often forcibly) by direct physical force:
    1. To shove to the ground; to knock down or over.
    2. To stab or impale; to move a weapon into something.
    3. To shove and throw into something.
  2. To force from something; to remove forcibly or unwillingly:
  3. To move weather or atmospheric conditions.
  4. To enter or go somewhere (often when facing resistance)
  5. (rare) To decline or refuse to accept (or continue accepting).
  6. (rare) To resist shoving or pushing.
  7. (rare) To promote or improve one's standings.
  8. (rare) To crawl or mill about as a crowd.
  9. (rare) To secure or reinforce.

Usage notes edit

This verb tends to become weak in later Middle English.

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: shove
  • Scots: shuve
  • Yola: keowe, kewe, khow

References edit