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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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