shovel

[Shov·el]

A hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

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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.

Noun
a machine for excavating

Noun
a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

Noun
a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

Noun
the quantity a shovel can hold

Verb
dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

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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.

v. t.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.

v. t.
To gather up as with a shovel.

Shovel

Shov"el , n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. scvala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. &root;160. See Shove, 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. 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 (Zo'94l.), 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.

Shovel

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.

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.

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