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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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  1. v. t. 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. 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.
  3. v. t. To gather up as with a shovel.
  4. n. a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
  5. n. the quantity a shovel can hold
  6. n. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
  7. n. a machine for excavating
  8. v. dig with or as if with a shovel
  9. v:24/n:76 n. a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle n. the quantity a shovel can hold n. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace v. dig with or as if with a shovel