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shovel
[ shuhv-uhl ]
noun
- an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter:
a steam shovel.
- a shovelful.
- Informal. shovel hat.
verb (used with object)
- to take up and cast or remove with a shovel:
to shovel coal.
- to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel:
He shoveled food into his mouth.
- to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel:
to shovel a path through the snow.
verb (used without object)
- to work with a shovel.
shovel
/ ˈʃʌ±¹É™±ô /
noun
- an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc, consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle
- any machine or part resembling a shovel in action
- Also calledshovelful the amount that can be contained in a shovel
- short for shovel hat
verb
- to lift (earth, etc) with a shovel
- tr to clear or dig (a path) with or as if with a shovel
- tr to gather, load, or unload in a hurried or careless way
he shovelled the food into his mouth and rushed away
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³ó´Ç±¹±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³ó´Ç±¹î€½Ä±ô±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³ó´Ç±¹î€½Ä±ô±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shovel1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shovel1
Example Sentences
What a wretched group of seniors you must be ... for shoveling out this bull—.
Hughes said the choking death resulted from “circumstances beyond our control,†because the patient “shoveled in all the food as fast as he could get it into his mouth.â€
“You don’t bring shovels to a kidnapping,†Garden said.
Even shovels in the ground, Fisher said, might not satisfy the skeptics.
Fellow resident Mark Clayton, helped to co-ordinate the sandbag collection, shovelling more than 140 tonnes of sand.
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