n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -eled or -elled ; -el · ing or -el · ling \ ' sh ə -v ə -li ŋ , ' sh ə v-li ŋ \
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to take up and throw with a shovel
2 : to dig or clean out with a shovel
3 : to throw or convey roughly or in a mass as if with a shovel < shovel ed his food into his mouth>
intransitive verb : to use a shovel