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SHOVEL
shovel
(noun) a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
shovel
(noun) a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
shovel, shovelful, spadeful
(noun) the quantity a shovel can hold
shovel
(verb) dig with or as if with a shovel; “shovel sand”; “he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shovel (plural shovels)
A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
(US) A spade.
Verb
shovel (third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shovelling or shoveling, simple past and past participle shovelled or shoveled)
To move materials with a shovel.
(transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.
Anagrams
• hovels
Source: Wiktionary
Shov"el, n. Etym: [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. sq. root160. See Shove, v. t.]
Definition: 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. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, - - worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur (Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing.
– Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.
Shov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoveled or Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling.]
1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
2. To gather up as with a shovel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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