Synonyms of shoveled

shoveled

verb

variants or shovelled

past tense of shovel

as in dug

to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth

the troops quickly shoveled a trench

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dug
• excavated
• dredged
• scooped
• mined
• clawed
• grubbed
• burrowed
• delved
• quarried
• spaded
• dug in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled (in)
• smoothed (out or over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shoveled

But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems so far. — Laura Turbay, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Moments after an incredibly warm greeting, Quinn shoveled coal into the flames and stuck an iron in the forge. — Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, two sauna masters shovelled ice infused with fragrant oil onto the rocks and performed an Aufguss, a German ritual in which towels are twirled to spread scented air. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

After all, that is a quite a load – Lacy also caught 29 passes – and some of it could be shoveled off to Michigan State transfer Makhi Frazier. — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

In the absence of heavy equipment, rescue workers, police and volunteers shoveled debris by hand at many sites, looking for survivors. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Those mounds of soil — not apparent in the photograph — were consistent with digging a hole as dirt is shoveled out and dumped along the edge. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Quasars are the extremely active supermassive black holes at the heart of some galaxies, furiously feeding on gas that is being shoveled towards their maw, and growing as a result of this voracious feeding. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 June 2026

All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks. — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026