shovel (verb)

  • 61shove — [OE] Shove was originally a perfectly respectable, neutral verb for ‘push forcefully, thrust’, but over the centuries it has come down 455 shy in the world, acquiring connotations of rudeness. In common with German schieben and Dutch schuiven it… …

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  • 62ladle — (n.) large, long handled spoon for drawing liquids, O.E. hlædel ladle, from hladan to load (see LADE (Cf. lade)) + le, suffix expressing appliance, tool (Cf. SHOVEL (Cf. shovel), HANDLE (Cf. handle) …

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  • 63shove — O.E. scufan push away (class II strong verb; past tense sceaf, pp. scoven), from P.Gmc. *skeub , *skub (Cf. O.N. skufa, O.Fris. skuva, Du. schuiven, O.H.G. scioban, Ger. schieben to push, thrust, Goth. af skiuban) to put away, from PIE root …

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  • 64tool — {{11}}tool (n.) O.E. tol instrument, implement, from P.Gmc. *tolan (Cf. O.N. tol), from a verb stem represented by O.E. tawian prepare. The ending is the instrumental suffix l (e.g. SHOVEL (Cf. shovel)). Figurative sense of person used by another …

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  • 65bog — I. /bɒg / (say bog) noun 1. wet, spongy ground, with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. 3. Colloquial a type of putty used to fill dents in the bodywork of vehicles. –verb (bogged, bogging)… …

  • 66shove — [OE] Shove was originally a perfectly respectable, neutral verb for ‘push forcefully, thrust’, but over the centuries it has come down in the world, acquiring connotations of rudeness. In common with German schieben and Dutch schuiven it goes… …

    Word origins

  • 67coal — noun 1 black mineral ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, smokeless ▪ hard ▪ soft ▪ brown ▪ bituminous …

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  • 68steam — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hot … OF STEAM ▪ cloud, jet ▪ The saucepan puffed little jets of steam. VERB + STEAM ▪ …

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  • 69cast — [c]/kast / (say kahst) verb (cast, casting) –verb (t) 1. to throw; fling; hurl (away, off, out, etc.) 2. to throw off or away. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 4. to cause (light, etc.) to fall upon something or in a certain direction. 5.… …

  • 70shit — [c]/ʃɪt / (say shit) Colloquial (taboo) –verb (shitted or shat or shit, shitted or shat or, Obsolete, shitten, shitting) – …