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

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

Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026

During construction, Black men shoveled mud through malarial swamps, while battling snakes and alligators in intense heat. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026

In total, the crews shoveled out about 90 tons of debris – roughly the weight of 18 elephants. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026

When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding. — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026

When Harrill last saw him in January, Klinner had shoveled Harrill’s vehicle out of the snow during a family wedding. — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026