shovel
noun
an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
shovelled
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past participleof shovel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shovel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shovelnounan implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
Example Sentences
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Mercifully, it ended there, but only after Butland shovelled another couple of attempts away as PSV threatened to run riot on an evening when they vanquished a few demons of their own.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
The moves in yields have shovelled pressure on currencies offering low returns.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2023
Their nest was in sand on a building site in Cambridgeshire, and the sand had been shovelled into the mixer.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022
Elsewhere in the central Madagascar region of Haute Matsiatra villagers shovelled mud from a road on Sunday to clear damage from a landslide caused by Batsirai.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2022
Or was it all thrown away, shovelled into dustpans?
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
