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shovel out

shovel out verb: to remove something by shoveling or digging.

Verb

shovel out (third-person singular simple present shovels out, present participle (US) shoveling out or (UK) shovelling out, simple past and past participle (US) shoveled out or (UK) shovelled out)

  1. (transitive) to remove something by shoveling or digging.
  2. (transitive) to remove something using a scooping movement.

Forms of shovel out

third-person singular presentshovels out
present participle USshoveling out
present participle UKshovelling out
past participle USshoveled out
past USshoveled out
past participle UKshovelled out
past UKshovelled out

Questions about shovel out

What does shovel out mean?
Shovel out means to remove something by shoveling or digging.
What part of speech is shovel out?
Shovel out is a verb.
What is the past tense of shovel out?
The past tense of shovel out is shoveled out.

Words near shovel out in the dictionary

  1. shoved up
  2. shovegroat
  3. shovel
  4. shovel hat
  5. shovel hats
  6. shovel out
  7. shovel ready
  8. shovel test
  9. shovel tests
  10. shovel up
  11. shovel-full

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