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shov⋅el

  [shuhv-uhl] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
2. any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter: a steam shovel.
3. a shovelful.
4. Informal. shovel hat.
–verb (used with object)
5. to take up and cast or remove with a shovel: to shovel coal.
6. to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel: He shoveled food into his mouth.
7. to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel: to shovel a path through the snow.
–verb (used without object)
8. to work with a shovel.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME schovel, OE scofl; c. D schoffel hoe; akin to G Schaufel shovel
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shov·el   (shŭv'əl)   


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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 also shov·elled, shov·el·ing also shov·el·ling, shov·els also shov·els

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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Shovel

Shov"el\, n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc?vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. [root]160. See Shove, 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.

Shovel hat, a 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Shovel

Shov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shoveledor Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling.]

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.
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Language Translation for : shovel
Spanish: pala,
German: die Schaufel,
Japanese: シャベル
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shovel 
O.E. scofl, sceofol, related to scufan (see shove), from P.Gmc. *skublo (cf. O.S. skufla, Swed. skovel, M.L.G. schufle, M.Du. shuffel, Du. schoffel, O.H.G. scuvala, Ger. Schaufel).The verb is attested from c.1440.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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