shov´el|like´

shov´el|like´
shov|el «SHUHV uhl», noun, verb, -eled, -el|ing or (especially British) -elled, -el|ling.
–n.
1. a tool with a broad blade or scoop attached to a handle, used to lift and throw loose matter: »

a coal shovel, a snow shovel.

2. = shovelful. (Cf. ↑shovelful)
3. = shovel hat. (Cf. ↑shovel hat)
–v.t.
1. a) to lift and throw with a shovel: »

to shovel snow from the sidewalk. The men shoveled the sand into a cart.

 b) Figurative: »

The hungry man shoveled the food into his mouth.

2. to make with a shovel: »

They shoveled a path through the snow.

–v.i.
to use a shovel.
╂[Old English scofl. See related etym. at shuffle (Cf. ↑shuffle), scuffle. (Cf. ↑scuffle)]
–shov´el|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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