SHOVEL


Meaning of SHOVEL in English

(~s, ~ling, ~led)

Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'

1.

A ~ is a tool with a long handle that is used for lifting and moving earth, coal, or snow.

...a coal ~...

She dug the foundation with a pick and ~.

N-COUNT

2.

If you ~ earth, coal, or snow, you lift and move it with a ~.

He has to get out and ~ snow...

Pendergood had ~led the sand out of the caravan.

VERB: V n, V n prep/adv

3.

If you ~ something somewhere, you push a lot of it quickly into that place.

Randall was ~ing food into his mouth.

VERB: V n prep/adv

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