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English Dictionary: shovel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shovel
n
  1. a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
  2. the quantity a shovel can hold
    Synonym(s): shovel, shovelful, spadeful
  3. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
  4. a machine for excavating
    Synonym(s): power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel
v
  1. dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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[94]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shovel \Shov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoveled}or {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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