Definition for Shovel:

• Scooping implement for shifting coal, earth, &c., often in form of spade with sides of blade turned up; s. -hat, broad-brimmed as worn by Anglican dignitaries; s. -head, kinds of sturgeon& shark, also s. -nose; hence shovelful( 2) n.; ( vb) shift( coal &c.) with or as with s. ( s. food into one\'s mouth, eat greedily).

Synonyms for Shovel:

• n.

  •
  • ball bearing,
  • belt,
  • camshaft,
  • bucket,
  • cam,
  • carriage,
  • bearing,
  • ancillary,
  • chamber,
  • button.
  •
  • dredge,
  • tunnel,
  • bulldoze,
  • bore,
  • burrow.
  •
  • chase,
  • card,
  • chop,
  • cut,
  • chip away,
  • crimp.
  •
  • fork,
  • enter,
  • rake,
  • hose.
  •
  • make.
  •artifact (noun)
  • shovel.
  •digger (noun)
  • digger.
  •excavator (noun)
  • excavator.
  •power shovel (noun)
  • power shovel.
  •shovel (noun)
  • spadeful,
  • shovelful.
  •spade (noun)
  • fire,
  • twisted,
  • snow,
  • round-pointed,
  • pronged,
  • Irrigating,
  • snow shovel,
  • split.
  •tool (noun)
  • cold chisel,
  • hedge trimmer,
  • vise,
  • shears,
  • lug wrench,
  • wrecking bar,
  • Bow-saw,
  • grindstone,
  • knife,
  • handsaw,
  • sickle,
  • miter box,
  • chain saw,
  • jackknife,
  • buzz saw,
  • crosscut saw,
  • keyhole saw,
  • snips,
  • scythe,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • wrench,
  • emery wheel,
  • Drill press,
  • jointer,
  • calipers,
  • tool,
  • spanner,
  • wedge,
  • claw hammer,
  • hacksaw,
  • awl,
  • chisel,
  • pick,
  • radial arm saw,
  • lathe,
  • back saw,
  • jigsaw,
  • grapnel,
  • crowbar,
  • punch,
  • screwdriver,
  • circular saw,
  • band saw,
  • edger,
  • mallet,
  • saw,
  • stapler,
  • scroll saw,
  • pickax,
  • spoke shave,
  • tire iron,
  • level,
  • hatchet,
  • coping saw,
  • axe,
  • bench drill,
  • hammer,
  • welder,
  • auger,
  • tin snips,
  • posthole auger,
  • pliers,
  • monkey wrench,
  • planer,
  • arc welder,
  • machete,
  • pipe wrench,
  • ripsaw,
  • file,
  • scissors,
  • square,
  • table saw,
  • plane,
  • sledgehammer.

• v.

  •boast (verb)
  • advertise,
  • crow,
  • bluster,
  • bully,
  • glory,
  • gloat,
  • grandstand,
  • exult,
  • strut,
  • blow smoke,
  • preen,
  • blow,
  • prate,
  • showboat,
  • blow one's own horn,
  • jive,
  • flaunt,
  • fake,
  • congratulate oneself,
  • vapor,
  • cock-a-doodle-doo,
  • triumph,
  • talk big,
  • attract attention,
  • hug oneself,
  • give a good account of oneself,
  • sound off,
  • flourish,
  • con,
  • swagger,
  • aggrandize,
  • exaggerate,
  • puff,
  • sling,
  • shuck,
  • flatter oneself,
  • lay on thick,
  • PSYCH,
  • gasconade,
  • show off.
  •delve (verb)
  • ferret out,
  • inquire,
  • research,
  • investigate,
  • prospect,
  • seek,
  • go into,
  • examine,
  • sift,
  • probe.
  •dig (verb)
  • deepen,
  • drill,
  • discover,
  • root,
  • depress,
  • sap,
  • cat,
  • pit,
  • exhume,
  • break up,
  • penetrate,
  • quarry,
  • till,
  • concave,
  • pierce,
  • drive,
  • uncover,
  • rout,
  • harvest,
  • channel,
  • produce,
  • clean.
  •dip (verb)
  • decant,
  • lade,
  • dish,
  • draw,
  • bail,
  • draw out,
  • strain,
  • handle,
  • bale,
  • lift,
  • offer.
  •excavate (verb)
  • empty,
  • scrape,
  • trench.
  •fib (verb)
  • equivocate,
  • falsify,
  • prevaricate,
  • invent,
  • plant,
  • promote,
  • fabricate,
  • concoct,
  • make up,
  • palter.
  •gouge (verb)
  • gash,
  • claw,
  • scratch,
  • groove.
  •grub (verb)
  • fine-tooth-combing,
  • pre pared,
  • pre pare,
  • up roots,
  • fine-tooth-combs,
  • up-rooted,
  • fine tooth comb,
  • up root,
  • pre paring,
  • fine tooth combs,
  • pre-pared,
  • up rooting,
  • up-rooting,
  • fine-tooth-combed,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre pares,
  • up-roots,
  • up-root,
  • pre-pare,
  • fine tooth combed,
  • up rooted,
  • fine tooth combing.
  •hollow (verb)
  • in denting,
  • re moving,
  • in dented,
  • re move,
  • in dent,
  • re-moving,
  • re-move,
  • re moved,
  • in dents,
  • in-dent,
  • in-denting,
  • in-dents,
  • in-dented,
  • re-moves.
  •shovel (verb)
  • pass,
  • spade,
  • load,
  • muck,
  • move,
  • throw,
  • pick up,
  • shift,
  • unearth.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dig out,
  • mower,
  • grub up,
  • watering can,
  • excavation,
  • plow,
  • dig over,
  • lawn mower.
  •
  • burial,
  • dig up,
  • sprinkler.
  •
  • undermine,
  • dig into.
  •
  • flail.
  •
  • dig in.
  •boast
  • Strutted,
  • laid on thick,
  • jiving,
  • jives,
  • cock-a-doodle-doos,
  • blow one's horn,
  • showboating,
  • shoot,
  • showboats,
  • jived,
  • Grand-stand,
  • Vapored,
  • Strutting,
  • Preened,
  • psychs,
  • psyching,
  • blow horn,
  • vaporing.
  •disk
  • harrow.

Paraphrases for Shovel:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    spade.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bucket, skin, leather, flesh.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dustpan, scoop.
  • Verb, past tense
    digging.

Antonyms for Shovel:

• v.

  • dig
    help, bury, remain, receive.
  • Other antonyms:
    smooth, fill.

Shovel Sentence Examples:

• And you can shovel the snow too, if you want to - till you get over to Beacon Street, anyway.

• Then it began to hiss in the valves - steam clouds rose, the iron shovel clattered, and fresh heaps of coal sank rattling into the furnace.

Homophones for Shovel:

• scofflaw, shop bell, squeezable, shoebill, spyhole, shoofly, sawbill, Swiss People, sibyl, seafowl, shoeful, squeeze play, spall, show bill, sackful, seeable, sepal, shuffle, shoo fly, shakeable, shapley, successively, sociably, save-all, skiffle, soup bowl, spiel, sky-blue, spell, spawl, scoopful, sowbelly, shockable, spill, sizeable, soap bubble, ski pole, Sao Paulo, souffle, splay, skepful, scuffle, spile, sizable, seville, sabal, scuffle hoe, shapely, successfully, supply, squash ball, spoil, swap file, sevilla, scopolia, shakable, spool, suasible, sheep bell, sawfly, sociable, sable, swivel, scapula, supple, saveloy, squabble, successful, sex appeal, scopal, spillway.

Hypernym for Shovel:

• n.

  • artifact
    scoop, scoop shovel, post-hole digger, hand shovel, posthole digger.

Hyponym for Shovel:

• n.

  • artifact
    hand tool, fire iron.

• v.

  • contact
    delve, cut into, turn over, dig.