shovel

Speech parts

1. shovel - Noun

2. shovel - Verb

Meaning

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.

To gather up as with a shovel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

excavator digger shovelful spadeful power shovel spade dipper clear drill bucket burrow pallas thimble loy hoe
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Antonyms

interest headland cover promote encourage fill
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Hypernyms

machine tool dig delve hand tool turn over

Hyponyms

scoop dredge backhoe hand shovel steam shovel scoop shovel

Related terms

shove

Phrases with the word

mechanical shovel shovel down shovel it in snow sled shovel fireplace shovel pomace shovel

Derivatives

shoveled shovelled shoveling shovelling

Examples

There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy. Margaret Atwood

I once said, "We will bury you," and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you. Nikita Khrushchev

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference. They would like to jump down into their stomachs and digest the food and shovel the shit out. William S. Burroughs

If you're a shoveler, shovel your garden first. Persian Proverb

The shovel scouts the poker. French Proverb

The greatest king must at last be put to bed with a shovel. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

shoveboard shoved aside shovegroat shovel blade shovel board shovel down