SHOVELS Antonyms

• lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

• move from one place to another by lifting

• raise by using ropes and pulleys

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

• lift with a pitchfork

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

• move through with or as if with a rake

• level or smooth with a rake

• sweep the length of

• examine hastily

• gather with a rake

• scrape gently

• the quantity a scoop will hold

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe

• a large ladle

• take out or up with or as if with a scoop

• get the better of

• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

• a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

• dig (up) with a spade

• a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food

• as much as a spoon will hold

• formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face

• scoop up or take up with a spoon

• snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

• a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials

• use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work