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shovelling up

shovelling 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 shovelling up

What is shovelling up the present participle and gerund of?
Shovelling up is the present participle and gerund of shovel up.

Words near shovelling up in the dictionary

  1. shoveller
  2. shovellers
  3. shovellike
  4. shovelling
  5. shovelling out
  6. shovelling up
  7. shovellings
  8. shovelmaker
  9. shovelmakers
  10. shovelmaking
  11. shovelman

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