shovelling
shovelling is the present participle and gerund 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)
- To move materials with a shovel.
- The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
- To move with a shoveling motion.
- Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.
Noun
shovelling (plural shovellings)
- The act by which something is shovelled.
- The latter is usually executed two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings; but in the work in question, we should go down between three and four spits, without any shovellings.1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide
Forms of shovelling
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shoveling |
| Noun | |
| plural | shovellings |
Words formed from shovelling
Phrases with shovelling
Questions about shovelling
- What does shovelling mean?
- Shovelling means the act by which something is shovelled.
- What is shovelling the present participle and gerund of?
- Shovelling is the present participle and gerund of shovel.
- What part of speech is shovelling?
- Shovelling is a noun.
- What is the plural of shovelling?
- The plural of shovelling is shovellings.
Words near shovelling in the dictionary
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