shovel (verb)
121Schaufel — Schaufel: Die germ. Bezeichnungen des Geräts gehören (wie gleichbed. ↑ Schippe) zu dem unter ↑ schieben behandelten Verb. Mhd. schūvel, ahd. scūvala, mit kurzem Vokal niederl. schoffel, engl. shovel, schwed. skovel sind mit dem germ. l Suffix… …
122doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …
123bull tongue — noun a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields • Hypernyms: ↑plow, ↑plough * * * noun : a shovel or wide tooth attached to a cultivator or plow to stir the soil, kill weeds, or mark furrows; also : an instrument fitted… …
124duckfoot — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural duckfoots or duckfeet ; see numbered senses) Etymology: duck (I) + foot 1. plural duckfeet : dutch foot …
125shool — I. ˈshül intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. chiefly dialect : to drag or scrape along : shamble, shuffle 2. : to loaf or idle about begging : loiter …
