schieben — meaning in English

English meaning

• boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
• check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
• edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
• push verb To apply force to something so it moves away from you.
• shove verb To push something or someone roughly.
• shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
• slide verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
• thrust noun A sudden strong push or lunge forward.

Senses

schieben is used for these senses in English:

• boost (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
• check (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
• edge (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
• push (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
• shove (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
• shun (transitive) To shove, push.
• thrust (intransitive) To make advance with force.
• thrust (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

boost — full definition

1. noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
2. verb To help increase or improve something.
3. verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).

check — full definition

1. noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
2. noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
3. noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
4. noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
5. verb To examine or verify something.

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