(a) To push, shove; attempt to move someone or something by pushing and shoving; do battle, charge; ~ and heven; neither heven ne ~, fig. not to bestir oneself vigorously; (b) to move or attempt to move (sb. or sth.) by pushing or shoving; also fig.; also, launch (a boat); ~ and heven; ~ forth; shove net, a kind of fishing net, perh. worked by pushing through the water [cp. shot net, s.v. sheten v.7.]; (c) to thrust (sb. or sth. into or out of sth.); -- also refl.; (d) ~ at, to push or shove (sb. or sth.); ~ at cart, lend a helping hand; also iron. [quot.: 1471]; ~ awei, thrust (sb.) away; also fig.; ~ in, push (sb.) inward; ~ on, use force on (sb.); ~ oute, shove or thrust (sb. or sth.) out; also fig.; also, utter (words) violently; ~ oute lof, change the course of a ship by booming out the tack to shift sail; ~ over, of Sheol: close (the mouth) over (sb.) [quot.: NVPsalter]; (e) to push (sb.) over, knock down; ~ adoun; ~ doun, thrust or shove (sb. or sth.) down; ~ doun right, push (sth.) straight down; (f) to thrust with a weapon; thrust (a spear, etc.); ~ bon in hod, cuckold one's husband; ~ in, thrust in (a plowshare, etc.), stick in; also, thrust (a weapon, etc.) into (sb. or sth.); ~ in and oute; ~ oute, put out (one's tongue); ~ to, thrust (a spear) into (someone's heart); also, refl. thrust (a knife) into one's own (heart); (g) to repel (force); ~ awei; ~ bakward (on back), drive (sb.) back by force; ~ of, repel (force); (h) to drive (water, hail, air, sb., etc.), impel; propel (a boat); ?alter (sth. to sth. else) by driving; also, fig. drive (affections from one thing to another); also, of a natural force: exert a driving force; of a cloud: ?come driven by the wind; ~ abouten; ~ in, force (a corpse) in (through a wall); (i) to push (someone's name) into prominence; ~ biforen, used fig., impel (sb.) ahead.

(a) To move (sth.) with a gentle push; place (sth. on sth.); ~ aboute; ~ forth, of a tendon: extend (an arm, a leg, etc.); ~ togederes, of shanks: ?rub against one another in walking; ?bend toward one another in walking; (b) ~ togeder, ?to press (sb. or sth.).

(a) To drive forward, push on, press forward; ~ forth (on, to); ~ in, make one's way into a place; ~ at, press toward (sth.); (b) to crowd together, jostle.

(a) To expel (sb.); eject (sb. from an honored state, a status, etc.); drive out (a purpose from sb.); force away (sb. from a captor), free; ~ oute, force (sb.) from a position or an office; (b) to reject (sb.); ~ awei, reject (sth.), disdain; ~ from, banish (sb.) from (one's presence, the protection of one's laws).

To act as a prop; ~ up, shore up (sth.).