"shovel" in the noun sense
1. shovel
a hand tool for lifting loose material consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
2. shovel, shovelful, spadeful
the quantity a shovel can hold
3. shovel
a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
4. power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel
a machine for excavating
"shovel" in the verb sense
1. shovel
dig with or as if with a shovel
"shovel sand"
"he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
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