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shovelled out

shovelled out is the simple past and past participle of shovel out.

Meaning of shovel out

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.

Questions about shovelled out

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

Words near shovelled out in the dictionary

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

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