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Meaning of 'shovel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shovel [ v. t.]
- An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
- To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
- To gather up as with a shovel.

Meaning of 'shovel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shovel [ v]
Meaning (1):
- dig with or as if with a shovel
Example in sentence:
  • he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long;
  • shovel sand

Nearby Words:

shoad shoading shoal shoaled shoaliness shoaling shoaly shoar shoat shock

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