All shovel synonyms
shovΒ·el
S s verb shovel
- dished β concave: a dished face.
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- corrugate β to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- ladle β a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- mine β an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- dishing β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- concaved β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- concaving β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- hoe β Richard, 1812β86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- bucketed β a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- furrowed β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- hoed β a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- baled β Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- bailed β Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- muck β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- baling β Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- grooved β simple past tense and past participle of groove.
- quarrying β an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- digger β a person or an animal that digs.
- hoeing β a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- bailing β Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- boast β If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- excavate β Make (a hole or channel) by digging.
- hoes β a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- cock-a-doodle-doo β an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- excavator β A person who removes earth carefully and systematically from an archaeological site in order to find buried remains.
- fib β a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- fork out β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
noun shovel
- dustpan β a short-handled shovellike utensil into which dust is swept for removal.