shovel
/ˈʃʌv.əl/ verb C2- To move materials with a shovel. · The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.· After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
- To move with a shoveling motion. · Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.
He/she/it shovels · Past shoveled · Past participle shoveled · -ing form shoveling
Verb forms
- Base form
- shovel
- He/she/it
- shovels
- Past
- shoveled
- Past participle
- shoveled
- -ing form
- shoveling
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