shovel
verb/ˈʃʌvl/
/ˈʃʌvl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shovel | /ˈʃʌvl/ /ˈʃʌvl/ |
| he / she / it shovels | /ˈʃʌvlz/ /ˈʃʌvlz/ |
| past simple shovelled | /ˈʃʌvld/ /ˈʃʌvld/ |
| past participle shovelled | /ˈʃʌvld/ /ˈʃʌvld/ |
| (US English) past simple shoveled | /ˈʃʌvld/ /ˈʃʌvld/ |
| (US English) past participle shoveled | /ˈʃʌvld/ /ˈʃʌvld/ |
| -ing form shovelling | /ˈʃʌvlɪŋ/ /ˈʃʌvlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form shoveling | /ˈʃʌvlɪŋ/ /ˈʃʌvlɪŋ/ |
- shovel something (+ adv./prep.) to lift and move earth, stones, coal, etc. with a shovel
- A gang of workmen were shovelling rubble onto a truck.
- They went out in freezing conditions to shovel snow.
- (North American English) to shovel the sidewalk/driveway (= to remove snow)
- (figurative) He sat at the table, shovelling food into his mouth.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryShovel is used with these nouns as the object:- coal
- dirt
- driveway
- …
Word OriginOld English scofl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoffel, German Schaufel, also to the verb shove.Want to learn more?
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