1. A tool with a handle and a broad scoop or blade for digging and moving material, such as dirt or snow. 2. A large mechanical device or vehicle for heavy digging or excavation. 3. The amount that a shovel can hold; a shovelful: One shovel of dirt.
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Inflected forms: shov·eled also shov·elled, shov·el·ing, shov·el·ling, shov·els, shov·els
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To move or remove with a shovel. 2. To make with a shovel: shoveled a path through the snow.3. To convey or throw in a rough or hasty way, as if with a shovel: He shoveled the food into his mouth.4. To clear or excavate with or as if with a shovel: shoveling off the driveway after the snowstorm; shovels out the hall closet once a year.
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