 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shovel
noun
1: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved
container or scoop and a handle
2: the quantity a shovel can hold [syn: {shovelful}, {spadeful}]
3: a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals
or ashes in a fireplace
4: a machine for excavating [syn: {power shovel}, {excavator},
{digger}]
verb: dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he
shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
[also: {shovelling}, {shovelled}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shovel \Shov"el\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shovel \Shov"el\, noun [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft;
akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc?vala, Dan. skovl,
Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. [root]160. See
{Shove}, verb (used with an object)]
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["o]l.), 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "shovel":
backhoe, bail, bar spade, bore, bucket, burrow, coal shovel, cup,
decant, delve, dig, dig out, dike, dip, dish, dish out, dish up,
dredge, drill, drive, excavate, fork, furrow, garden spade, gouge,
gouge out, groove, grub, gumming spade, ladle, lower, loy, mine,
peat spade, posthole spade, pour, power shovel, quarry,
salt shovel, sap, scoop, scoop out, scoop shovel, scrabble, scrape,
scratch, scuff, shamble, sink, spade, split shovel, spoon, spud,
steam shovel, stump spud, trench, trenching spade, trough,
tunnel
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