Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

    Schaufel, Schüppe

    лопа́таlopáta

    лопа́таlopáta

  2. A mechanical part of an excavator with a similar function.

  3. (US, broadly, especially)Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.

More definitions
  • a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
  • a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
  • the quantity a shovel can hold
  • a machine for excavating

Examples

183 sentences
  1. I spent all morning shoveling snow.

    Я провів весь ранок, розгрібаючи сніг.

    ruЯ всё утро разгребал снег.

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  2. I don't have a shovel, but I know someone who does.

    Я не маю лопати, але я знаю, хто має.

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  3. I don't have a shovel, but I know somebody who does.

    Я не маю лопати, але я знаю, хто має.

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  4. Put the shovel down.

    Поклади лопату.

    ruПоложи лопату.

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  5. I hate shoveling snow.

    Я ненавиджу розчищати сніг.

    ruНенавижу чистить снег.

    deIch hasse Schneeschippen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tool for moving portions of material:
Русский
By meaning 1
tool for moving portions of material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tool for moving portions of material:

Origin

From Middle English schovele, schovel, showell, shole (> English dialectal shoul, shool),

From Middle English schovele, schovel, showell, shole (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English scofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“shovel”), equivalent to shove + -el (instrumental/agent suffix).

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