simple past tense and past participle of shovel

(American spelling) present participle of shovel

Alternative form of shovelling

plural of shovelful

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

To move materials with a shovel. / (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion.

The act by which something is shovelled.

(British spelling) present participle of shovel

The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

One who, or that which, shovels. / Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.