Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SHOVEL
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scofl; akin to Old High German scūfla shovel, Old English scūfan to thrust away Date: before 12th century
1. a hand implement consisting of a broad scoop or a more or less hollowed out blade with a handle used to lift and throw material, something that resembles a shovel, an excavating machine, shovelful ,
II. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or shovelling)
Date: 15th century
transitive verb to take up and throw with a shovel, to dig or clean out with a shovel, to throw or convey roughly or in a mass as if with a shovel , intransitive verb to use a shovel