| anglais > français | |
| shovel | |
| 1. n. Pelle. | |
| 2. v. Pelleter, peller. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| shovel | |
| 1. n. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which |  |
| 2. n. (US) A spade. |  |
| 3. v. To move materials with a shovel. |  |
| The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road. |  |
| After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days. |  |
| I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly. |  |
| 4. v. (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion. |  |
| Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible. |  |
| français > anglais | |
| pelle | |
| 1. n-f. shovel, spade |  |
| 2. n-f. dustpan |  |
| 3. n-f. fluke (anchor blade) |  |
| 4. n-f. (slang) French kiss |  |