shovel
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shov·el
(shŭv′əl)n.
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.
v. shov·eled, shov·el·ing, shov·els also shov·elled or shov·el·ling
v.tr.
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.
v.intr.
To dig or work with a shovel.
[Middle English, from Old English scofl.]
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shovel
(ˈʃʌvəl)n
1. (Tools) an instrument for lifting or scooping loose material, such as earth, coal, etc, consisting of a curved blade or a scoop attached to a handle
2. (Tools) any machine or part resembling a shovel in action
3. Also called: shovelful the amount that can be contained in a shovel
4. (Clothing & Fashion) short for shovel hat
vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
5. to lift (earth, etc) with a shovel
6. (tr) to clear or dig (a path) with or as if with a shovel
7. (tr) to gather, load, or unload in a hurried or careless way: he shovelled the food into his mouth and rushed away.
[Old English scofl; related to Old High German scūfla shovel, Dutch schoffel hoe; see shove]
ˈshoveller, ˈshoveler n
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shov•el
(ˈʃʌv əl)n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n.
1. a hand implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up or throwing loose matter.
2. any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade having a similar purpose: a steam shovel.
v.t. 3. to take up and cast with a shovel: to shovel coal.
4. to gather up in large quantity energetically with or as if with a shovel: to shovel food into one's mouth.
5. to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel.
v.i. 6. to use a shovel.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English scofl, c. Middle Dutch, Dutch schoffel; akin to Old High German scūvala, shove]
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shovel
Past participle: shovelled
Gerund: shovelling
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Plow Shovel
A detachable pointed piece of flat metal attached to the frame of a plow and used not to turn over the soil (i.e., a turning plow) but to break up and stir it. There were/are many shapes of such points. See also Bull tongue, Calf tongue, and sweep.
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| Noun | 1. |  shovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handlehand shovel - a shovel that is operated by hand hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands posthole digger, post-hole digger - a shovel used to sink postholes scoop shovel, scoop - the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe |
| 2. | shovel - the quantity a shovel can hold containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 3. | shovel - a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace fire iron - metal fireside implements | |
| 4. |  shovel - a machine for excavating backhoe - an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks steam shovel - a power shovel that is driven by steam | |
| Verb | 1. | shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long" cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" |
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shovel
verb
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shovel
verb1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:
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Translations
جارُوفرَفْشيَجْرُف
lopataházet
skovlskovle
lapio
lopata
skóflaskófla, moka
シャベル
삽
semtuvas
lāpstiņaliekšķerešķūrēt iekšāstrādāt ar lāpstu
lopataodhádzať
lopatametati z lopato
spade
พลั่ว
kürekküremek
xẻng
shovel
[ˈʃʌvl]B. VT → mover con pala
to shovel earth into a pile → amontonar tierra con una pala
to shovel coal on to a fire → añadir carbón a la lumbre con pala
they were shovelling out the mud → estaban sacando el lodo con palas
he was shovelling food into his mouth > → se zampaba la comida
to shovel earth into a pile → amontonar tierra con una pala
to shovel coal on to a fire → añadir carbón a la lumbre con pala
they were shovelling out the mud → estaban sacando el lodo con palas
he was shovelling food into his mouth > → se zampaba la comida
shovel up VT + ADV [+ coal etc] → levantar con una pala; [+ snow] → quitar con pala
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shovel
[ˈʃʌvəl] n (= spade) → pelle f
vt
[+ snow, earth, coal] → pelleter
He was shovelling earth into the grave
BUT Il jetait des pelletées de terre dans la tombe.
He was shovelling earth into the grave
BUT Il jetait des pelletées de terre dans la tombe.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shovel
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shovel
[ˈʃʌvl]1. n → pala
2. vt (coal, snow) → spalare; (sth spilt) → raccogliere con una paletta
he was shovelling food into his mouth (fig) → mangiava a quattro ganasce
he was shovelling food into his mouth (fig) → mangiava a quattro ganasce
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shovel
(ˈʃavl) noun a tool like a spade, with a short handle, used for scooping up and moving coal, gravel etc.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈshovelled , (American) ˈshoveled – to move (as if) with a shovel, especially in large quantities. He shovelled snow from the path; Don't shovel your food into your mouth!
ˈshovelful noun the amount that can be held, carried etc on a shovel. a shovelful of coal.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
shovel
→ جارُوف lopata skovl Schaufel φτυάρι pala lapio pelle lopata pala シャベル 삽 schop skuffe szufla pá совок spade พลั่ว kürek xẻng 铁铲Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009