Found 3 items, similar to shovel.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shovel
penggali
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shovel
shovel
n 1: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved
container or scoop and a handle
2: the quantity a shovel can hold [syn:
shovelful,
spadeful]
3: a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals
or ashes in a fireplace
4: a machine for excavating [syn:
power shovel,
excavator,
digger]
[also:
shovelling,
shovelled]
shovel
v : dig with or as if with a shovel;
“shovel sand”;
“he
shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long”
[also:
shovelling,
shovelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shovel
Shovel
\Shov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Shoveledor
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.
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2. To gather up as with a shovel.
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Shovel
\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.
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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.
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