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shoveled

shoveled is the simple past and past participle of shovel.

Meaning of shovel

Verb

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

  1. To move materials with a shovel.
    • The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To move with a shoveling motion.
    • Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.

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Phrases with shoveled

Questions about shoveled

What is shoveled the simple past and past participle of?
Shoveled is the simple past and past participle of shovel.

Words near shoveled in the dictionary

  1. shovelboards
  2. shovelbum
  3. shovelbummed
  4. shovelbumming
  5. shovelbums
  6. shoveled
  7. shoveled out
  8. shoveled up
  9. shoveler
  10. shovelers
  11. shovelfish

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