shovel (verb)
101dip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, dive; declivity, slope; hollow, depression; swim. v. t. immerse, plunge; scoop; sink. See obliquity, water, concavity. Ant., rise, incline, emerge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The action of… …
102discard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cast off, reject, abandon, repudiate, throw aside. See nullification, ejection, disuse, relinquishment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reject, throw away, get rid of, dispose of, throw out, expel,… …
103fog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mist, smog, vapor, haze, cloud; uncertainty, obscurity. See cloudiness, moisture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Vapor near the earth] Syn. mist, haze, smog, exhalation, murk, cloud, nebula, film, steam, wisp …
104gobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. eat, devour, bolt, wolf, gulp; slang, engulf, swallow up, consume, exhaust, take over. See gluttony, food. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a sound like a turkey] Syn. gaggle, gurgle, cackle; see sound… …
105gorge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gully, ravine, canyon, pass; feast. See interval. v. overeat, gormandize, stuff, bolt, gulp. See gluttony. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chasm, canyon, abyss, crevasse; see ravine . v. Syn. glut, surfeit,… …
106pass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gap, gorge; way, opening, notch, defile, passage; free ticket; crisis, predicament, condition,circumstance; leave [of absence]; slang, advance. See love. v. go through or by, bypass; get a passing… …
107plow — I plow, plough (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cultivate, dig, till, turn, break, furrow. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of plows include: moldboard, gang, steam, tractor, double, straddle, sulky, wheel, mole, skim,… …
108tool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. instrument, implement, utensil, device, machine; cat s paw, dupe, henchman, intermediary. See instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement] Syn. implement, utensil, machine, instrument,… …
109grub — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A larva] Syn. entozoon, caterpillar, maggot; see worm 1 . 2. [*Food] Syn. victuals, comestibles, eats*, chow*; see food . v. 1. [To dig] Syn. delve, burrow, excavate; see dig 1 . 2. [To clear land] Syn. uproot stumps,… …
110Schaufel — Sf std. (8. Jh.), mhd. schūvel(e), schūfel(e), ahd. scūvala, schūvel, as. skūfla Stammwort. Aus vd. * skūflō f. Daneben mit Vokalkürze ae. scofl, mndd. schuf(f)el, mndl. schuffel. Instrumentalbildung zu schieben; Ausgangsbedeutung also Mittel zum …
