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shoveling up

shoveling up is the present participle and gerund of shovel up.

Meaning of shovel up

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.

Questions about shoveling up

What is shoveling up the present participle and gerund of?
Shoveling up is the present participle and gerund of shovel up.

Words near shoveling up in the dictionary

  1. shovelfuls
  2. shovelhead
  3. shovelheads
  4. shoveling
  5. shoveling out
  6. shoveling up
  7. shovelings
  8. shovellable
  9. shovelled
  10. shovelled out
  11. shovelled up

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