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shovelled

shovelled 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 shovelled

Questions about shovelled

What is shovelled the simple past and past participle of?
Shovelled is the simple past and past participle of shovel.

Words near shovelled in the dictionary

  1. shoveling
  2. shoveling out
  3. shoveling up
  4. shovelings
  5. shovellable
  6. shovelled
  7. shovelled out
  8. shovelled up
  9. shoveller
  10. shovellers
  11. shovellike

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