Thesaurus: shovel

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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. 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">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 (Zoöl.), 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. 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.
10. An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or lesshollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth,coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmedhat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur(Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- usedin burrowing.-- Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by asteam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.
11. 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