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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Shovel

/shŭv'-əl/ · Shov·el · IPA /ˈʃʌv.əl/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Shovel spur — 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.
02 v. t. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
imp. & p. p. Shoveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling
  1. 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. 2.
    To gather up as with a shovel.