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.
will shovel
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future tenseof shovel.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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An open furnace on the back wall blazes with split logs of red oak and hickory, slowly burning down into coals, which the staff will shovel into five custom-made smokers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2018
An energetic man will shovel about 25 cu. yds. of gravel against a screen per 10-hour day and keep the screened material cleared away, providing no carrying is necessary.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Occasionally only the peasant will shovel away the snow from a little spot, to assist the poor animals in searching for the grass or moss concealed beneath.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer
"I hope the Gray boys and the others will shovel snow," she cried impulsively.
From Rosemary by Josephine Lawrence
As long as you shovel coal, you will shovel coal.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
