Shovel word meaning and definition

[noun] a machine for excavating
[noun] a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
[noun] a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
[noun] the quantity a shovel can hold
[verb] dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

\Shov"el\, n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc?vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. [root]160. See {Shove}, v. t.] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. {Shovel hat}, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] {Shovelspur} (Zo["o]l.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. {Steam shovel}, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.
\Shov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoveled}or {Shovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoveling} or {Shovelling}.] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. 2. To gather up as with a shovel.

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