Past tense of shove
regular verb
The past tense of shove is shoved. The past participle is also shoved.
Forms of shove
| Base form (V1) | shove /ʃʌv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shoved /ʃʌvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shoved /ʃʌvd/ |
| Present participle | shoving /ˈʃʌvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | shoves /ʃʌvz/ |
Shoved in a sentence
- So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- He pushed and shoved his way to the stage to steal the microphone from the singer.From the entry push and shove
- I was shoved down and my backpack landed on the pavement.From the entry land on
- He shoved a spicy dish on me.From the entry shove on
- He shoved down his anger and pressed forward.From the entry shove down
Meaning of shove
- verb To push, especially roughly or with force.
- verb To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- verb To make an all-in bet.
Questions about the past tense of shove
- What is the past tense of shove?
- The past tense of shove is shoved.
- What is the past participle of shove?
- The past participle of shove is shoved.
- Is shove a regular or irregular verb?
- Shove is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shove (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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