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shovel up

shovel up verb: to move or place in a heap by shoveling.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To move or place in a heap by shoveling.
    • The snow was shoveled up too close to the sidewalk.

Forms of shovel up

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

Questions about shovel up

What does shovel up mean?
Shovel up means to move or place in a heap by shoveling.
What part of speech is shovel up?
Shovel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of shovel up?
The past tense of shovel up is shoveled up.

Words near shovel up in the dictionary

  1. shovel hats
  2. shovel out
  3. shovel ready
  4. shovel test
  5. shovel tests
  6. shovel up
  7. shovel-full
  8. shovel-handed
  9. shovel-nosed
  10. shovel-nosed sturgeon
  11. shovel-ready

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