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1. (n.) shovel
a hand implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up or throwing loose matter.
2. shovel
any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade having a similar purpose:
a steam shovel.
3. (v.t.) shovel
to take up and cast with a shovel:
to shovel coal.
4. shovel
to gather up in large quantity energetically with or as if with a shovel:
to shovel food into one's mouth.
5. shovel
to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel.
6. (v.i.) shovel
to use a shovel.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE scofl, c. MD, D schoffel; akin to OHG scūvala,shove)
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| Definition of 'Shovel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shovel
a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
2. (noun) shovel, shovelful, spadeful
the quantity a shovel can hold
3. (noun) shovel
a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
4. (verb) power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel
a machine for excavating
5. (verb) shovel
dig with or as if with a shovel
"shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
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1. (noun) shovel
a large spade for digging
a snow shovel; a work crew digging with shovels
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) 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
2. (verb) Shovel
to take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit
3. (verb) Shovel
to gather up as with a shovel
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Sense: a tool like a spade, with a short handle, used for scooping up and moving coal, gravel etc.
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 Afrikaans: skepgraaf |
 Arabic: رَفْش |
 Bulgarian: лопата |
 Brazilian: pá |
 Czech: lopata |
 German: die Schaufel |
 Danish: skovl |
 Greek: φτυάρι |
 Spanish: pala |
 Estonian: kühvel |
 Farsi: بيل |
 Finnish: lapio |
 French: pelle |
 Hebrew: אֵת |
 Hindi: बेलचा, बेल |
 Croatian: lopata, lopatica |
 Hungarian: lapát |
 Indonesian: sekop |
 Icelandic: skófla |
 Italian: pala |
 Japanese: シャベル |
 Korean: 삽 |
 Lithuanian: semtuvas |
 Latvian: lāpstiņa; liekšķere |
 Malay: penyodok |
 Dutch: schop |
 Norwegian: skuffe |
 Polish: szufla |
 Persian: بيل |
 Pashto: بيلچه، چارۍ |
 Portuguese: pá |
 Romanian: lopată |
 Russian: совок, лопата |
 Slovak: lopata |
 Slovenian: lopata |
 Serbian: lopata |
 Swedish: skovel, skyffel |
 Thai: พลั่ว |
 Turkish: kürek |
 Taiwanese: 鏟子 |
 Ukrainian: лопата, совок |
 Urdu: چھوٹے دستے کا بیلچہ |
 Vietnamese: cái xẻng |
 Chinese: 铲 |
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