schieben — meaning in English
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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
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).
check — full definition
- noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
- noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
- verb To examine or verify something.