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shovel
 
Noun shovel has 4 senses
  1. shovel - a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
    --1 is a kind of     hand tool
    --1 has particulars:
     hand shovel; posthole digger, post-hole digger; scoop, scoop shovel
    Derived form: verb shovel1
  2. shovel, shovelful, spadeful - the quantity a shovel can hold
    --2 is a kind of containerful
    Derived form: verb shovel1
  3. shovel - a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
    --3 is a kind of     fire iron
    Derived form: verb shovel1
  4. power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel - a machine for excavating
    --4 is a kind of machine
    --4 has particulars: backhoe; dredge; steam shovel
    Derived form: verb shovel1
Verb shovel has 1 sense
  1. shovel - dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
    --1 is one way to     dig, delve, cut into, turn over
    Derived forms: noun shovel4, noun shovel3, noun shovel2, noun shovel1, noun shoveler1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
shouting shouts shove-ha penny shove-halfpenny shove shove along shove off shoved shovel shovel board shovel hat shovel in shovelboard shoveled shoveler shovelful shovelhead

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