n. | 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.
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v. t. | 1. | To take up and throw with a shovel; | |||||||||
2. | To gather up as with a shovel. |
Noun | 1. | shovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle |
2. | shovel - the quantity a shovel can hold | |
3. | shovel - a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace | |
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Verb | 1. | shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" |