Shove vs. Shovel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shove and Shovel
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Shove
Shove may refer to:
Shovel
A shovel is a tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle.
Shove
To push quickly, forcefully, or roughly
Shoved the chair against the wall.
Shovel
A tool with a handle and a broad scoop or blade for digging and moving material, such as dirt or snow.
Shove
To put (something) roughly in a place
Shoved the keys into his pocket.
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Shovel
A large mechanical device or vehicle for heavy digging or excavation.
Shove
To push someone or something with force.
Shovel
The amount that a shovel can hold; a shovelful
One shovel of dirt.
Shove
To move forward roughly, often by shoving someone
Shoved past the security guard into his seat.
Shovel
To move or remove with a shovel.
Shove
The act of shoving; a push.
Shovel
To make with a shovel
Shoveled a path through the snow.
Shove
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
Shovel
To convey or throw in a rough or hasty way, as if with a shovel
He shoveled the food into his mouth.
Shove
(intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
Shovel
To clear or excavate with or as if with a shovel
Shoveling off the driveway after the snowstorm.
Shovels out the hall closet once a year.
Shove
To make an all-in bet.
Shovel
To dig or work with a shovel.
Shove
(slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
Shovel
A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
Shove
(obsolete) shave
Shovel
A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.
Shove
A rough push.
Shovel
(US) A spade.
Shove
(poker slang) An all-in bet.
Shovel
To move materials with a shovel.
The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.
Shove
A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Shovel
To move with a shoveling motion.
Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.
Shove
To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.
Shovel
An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
Shove
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
Shovel
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
Shove
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
Shovel
To gather up as with a shovel.
Shove
To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
He grasped the oar,eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
Shovel
A hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
Shove
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
Shovel
The quantity a shovel can hold
Shove
The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something);
He gave the door a shove
Shovel
A fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
Shove
Come into rough contact with while moving;
The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train
Shovel
A machine for excavating
Shove
Push roughly;
The people pushed and shoved to get in line
Shovel
Dig with or as if with a shovel;
Shovel sand
He shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long
Shove
Press or force;
Stuff money into an envelope
She thrust the letter into his hand
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