They were shoveling the snow away.
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Shoveling
Synonyms for "shoveling" (19 found)
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Noun(6 words)
Related words (9)
Noun(9 words)
safe shovelingscoopscoopingsediment removalshovel workshovellingsnow clearingsoil manipulationtrench shoveling
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12 entriesergonomicsexcavation workfieldworkhorticultural labormanual labormining operationsoccupational safetyphysical actionphysical taskseasonal laborsnow removalwork activity
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10 entriesarchaeological shovelingback friendly shovelingcoal shovelingdirt shovelinglow impact shovelingmining shovelingmulch shovelingsand shovelingsnow shovelingsoil shoveling
Collocations
10 entriescoal shovelingdirt shovelingergonomic shovelingmanual shovelingshovel snowshoveling debrisshoveling dirtshoveling snowsnow removalsnow shoveling
Inflections
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1 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.
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In popular English a hopelessly fruitless effort is called "Shoveling shit against the tide."
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Tom kept shoveling.
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