2. To gather up as with a shovel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
shoveled — UK [ˈʃʌv(ə)ld] US an American past tense and past participle of shovel2 Thesaurus: american irregular past tenses and past participleshyponym … Useful english dictionary
shoveled — shov·el || ʃʌvl n. tool with a handle and a broad scoop used for digging or lifting and removing material; power shovel, mechanical device with a large scoop; shovelful v. dig with a shovel; gather up as if with a shovel; sweep away, clear… … English contemporary dictionary
shoveled — UK [ˈʃʌv(ə)ld] / US an American past tense and past participle of shovel II … English dictionary
shov´el|like´ — shov|el «SHUHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a tool with a broad blade or scoop attached to a handle, used to lift and throw loose matter: »a coal shovel, a snow shovel. 2. = shovelful. (Cf. ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shov|el — «SHUHV uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a tool with a broad blade or scoop attached to a handle, used to lift and throw loose matter: »a coal shovel, a snow shovel. 2. = shovelful. (Cf. ↑ … Useful english dictionary
make a dent in — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . * /John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
make a dent in — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . * /John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
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shovel — /shuv euhl/, n., v., shoveled, shoveling or (esp. Brit.) shovelled, shovelling. n. 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 … Universalium
