Shovel
noun
A tool with a long handle and a broad blade used for digging or moving material such as dirt, snow or coal.
He used a shovel to dig a hole in the garden.
Often appears as...
- snow shovel
- dig with a shovel
verb
To dig or move (something) with a shovel.
We need to shovel the snow off the driveway before we can go out.
Often appears as...
- shovel dirt
- shovel snow
verb
To move or throw (something) in a hurried or careless way.
He shoveled the food into his mouth without tasting it.
Often appears as...
- shovel food into mouth
- shovel stuff into bag
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A tool with a long handle and a broad blade used for digging or moving material such as dirt, snow or coal.
He used a shovel to dig a hole in the garden.
Often appears as...
- snow shovel
- dig with a shovel
verb
To dig or move (something) with a shovel.
We need to shovel the snow off the driveway before we can go out.
Often appears as...
- shovel dirt
- shovel snow
verb
To move or throw (something) in a hurried or careless way.
He shoveled the food into his mouth without tasting it.
Often appears as...
- shovel food into mouth
- shovel stuff into bag
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Labor
Shovel noun often refers to manual work and outdoor activities.
Farmers commonly use a shovel for planting crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Precision
For precise garden work, a trowel is more appropriate than the broader shovel.
Use a trowel, not a shovel, to transplant seedlings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
The shovel can symbolize hard work in various cultural expressions.
His hands, rough as they are, are the shovel of his diligence.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Labor
Shovel noun often refers to manual work and outdoor activities.
Farmers commonly use a shovel for planting crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Precision
For precise garden work, a trowel is more appropriate than the broader shovel.
Use a trowel, not a shovel, to transplant seedlings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
The shovel can symbolize hard work in various cultural expressions.
His hands, rough as they are, are the shovel of his diligence.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Labor
Shovel noun often refers to manual work and outdoor activities.
Farmers commonly use a shovel for planting crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Not For Precision
For precise garden work, a trowel is more appropriate than the broader shovel.
Use a trowel, not a shovel, to transplant seedlings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
The shovel can symbolize hard work in various cultural expressions.
His hands, rough as they are, are the shovel of his diligence.
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The secrets I find on...
but I make everyone go down to these dead fossil areas and spend ages kind of shoveling around on the seafloor. And we pick up all these corals, bring them back, we sort them out. But each one of these is a different age, and if we can find out how old they are and then we can measure those chemical signals, this helps us to find out
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Why should you read...
but it's up to the reader to let their eyes skim over them or break out a shovel and dig in. And once you start excavating the text, you'll find the book to be an encyclopedic treasure trove. It's filled with all manner of references and allusions from medieval philosophy to the symbolism of tattoos,
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
get them with shovels or not get them and then you know run around and eventually uh uh eventually we won the battle us versus nature i think that's probably the most memorable field experience uh jing-mei what about you it could be field or lab um we were in somewhere deep in mongolia
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Nearly 100 Captive Orcas...
ice must be shoveled out of the belugas enclosures to keep the water from freezing over if the water freezes the juvenile belugas won't be able to breathe at the surface and will eventually drown according to foster some of the orcas appear to have developed a skin
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Dan Buettner: How to...
he said, "For that kind of money I'll do it myself." So for the next three days he was out shoveling cement, and hauling poles around. And predictably, perhaps, on the fourth day he ended up in the operating room. But not as the guy on the table;
Video examples
Aggressive Nightlife of...
the fur are those of its back legs which are huge and support its whole body that's why it's called a kangaroo rat its front legs are working away hidden beneath its chin shoveling the seeds into its mouth normally a kangaroo rat would have to
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Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
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Orphan Wombat Preparing...
living in a burrow with her mother her long shovel like claws are perfect for digging and her strong teeth the designed for chewing roots bark and vegetation well adapted for a life in
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer the cichlid has to create a safe haven for its young using its mouth as both shovel and bucket then it moves its
Video examples
Building bridges and...
year old trees using picks and shovels and we built 10-foot tall towers stone by stone connected through a mortar mix so that sand gravel and cement but it was at night
Video examples
The secrets I find on...
but I make everyone go down to these dead fossil areas and spend ages kind of shoveling around on the seafloor. And we pick up all these corals, bring them back, we sort them out. But each one of these is a different age, and if we can find out how old they are and then we can measure those chemical signals, this helps us to find out
Video examples
Why should you read...
but it's up to the reader to let their eyes skim over them or break out a shovel and dig in. And once you start excavating the text, you'll find the book to be an encyclopedic treasure trove. It's filled with all manner of references and allusions from medieval philosophy to the symbolism of tattoos,
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
get them with shovels or not get them and then you know run around and eventually uh uh eventually we won the battle us versus nature i think that's probably the most memorable field experience uh jing-mei what about you it could be field or lab um we were in somewhere deep in mongolia
Video examples
Nearly 100 Captive Orcas...
ice must be shoveled out of the belugas enclosures to keep the water from freezing over if the water freezes the juvenile belugas won't be able to breathe at the surface and will eventually drown according to foster some of the orcas appear to have developed a skin
Video examples
Dan Buettner: How to...
he said, "For that kind of money I'll do it myself." So for the next three days he was out shoveling cement, and hauling poles around. And predictably, perhaps, on the fourth day he ended up in the operating room. But not as the guy on the table;
Video examples
Aggressive Nightlife of...
the fur are those of its back legs which are huge and support its whole body that's why it's called a kangaroo rat its front legs are working away hidden beneath its chin shoveling the seeds into its mouth normally a kangaroo rat would have to
Video examples
Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
Video examples
Orphan Wombat Preparing...
living in a burrow with her mother her long shovel like claws are perfect for digging and her strong teeth the designed for chewing roots bark and vegetation well adapted for a life in
Video examples
Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer the cichlid has to create a safe haven for its young using its mouth as both shovel and bucket then it moves its
Video examples
Building bridges and...
year old trees using picks and shovels and we built 10-foot tall towers stone by stone connected through a mortar mix so that sand gravel and cement but it was at night
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
James Clapper
American Public Servant
I do think - the metaphor I always use - it's the role of intelligence community to stay down in the engine room and shovel that intelligence coal, and people on the bridge get to decide where to drive the ship and how fast and how to arrange all the deckchairs.
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Charlie Munger
American Businessman
There's danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, 'My life is a little harder than it used to be.' At a certain place you've got to say to the people, 'Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope.
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Richard Gere
American Actor
It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower.
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Bill Medley
American Musician
Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russian Statesman
I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.
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Phyllis Diller
American Comedian
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
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Janet Street-Porter
British Journalist
Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.
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Robert Ballard
American Scientist
You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.
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Princess Michael of Kent
I have a pooper-scooper, a long-handled thing with a little shovel.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Quote examples
James Clapper
American Public Servant
I do think - the metaphor I always use - it's the role of intelligence community to stay down in the engine room and shovel that intelligence coal, and people on the bridge get to decide where to drive the ship and how fast and how to arrange all the deckchairs.
Quote examples
Charlie Munger
American Businessman
There's danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, 'My life is a little harder than it used to be.' At a certain place you've got to say to the people, 'Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope.
Quote examples
Richard Gere
American Actor
It's nice to have money, but the first thing I did with money was buy my father a snow-blower, because my job was to shovel snow, and I wasn't there to do it any more, so I was able to buy him a blower.
Quote examples
Bill Medley
American Musician
Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.
Quote examples
Nikita Khrushchev
Russian Statesman
I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.
Quote examples
Phyllis Diller
American Comedian
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
Quote examples
Janet Street-Porter
British Journalist
Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.
Quote examples
Robert Ballard
American Scientist
You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona.
Quote examples
Princess Michael of Kent
I have a pooper-scooper, a long-handled thing with a little shovel.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
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