A large mechanical device or vehicle for heavy digging or excavation.
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A tool with a handle and a broad scoop or blade for digging and moving material, such as dirt or snow.
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The amount that a shovel can hold; a shovelful: One shovel of dirt.
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A hand implement consisting of a broad scoop or a more or less hollowed out blade with a handle used to lift and throw material.
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Something that resembles a shovel.
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verb-transitive
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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To convey or throw in a rough or hasty way, as if with a shovel: He shoveled the food into his mouth.
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To make with a shovel: shoveled a path through the snow.
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To move or remove with a shovel.
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verb-intransitive
To dig or work with a shovel.
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verb
To take up and throw with a shovel.
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To dig or clean out with a shovel.
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To throw or convey roughly or in a mass as if with a shovel .
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To use a shovel.
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