to trowel
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈtraʊəl/
:
extender con paleta
- Two dozen people swarm over them, troweling the earth in search of more graves, hoisting up the soil bucket by bucket.
- troweled plaster
- troweled ceiling
- troweled onto the canvas
Examples
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What you're not seeing me do here is you are not seeing me dig in with a shovel, dig in with a trowel, break up the soil.
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His uncle appeared to be troweling cement, fitting a stone in place.
Fiction book (1999) -
But as you can see, I'm just kind of coming in with my trowel and spot filling.
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She troweled sand into yet another window box.
Fiction book (2000) -
Epoxy sealers are normally troweled on to a thickness of up to 2 inches and can be applied at temperatures down to 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
Academic text (1998) -
Pulling on my gloves, I started troweling the soil over the right half of the stain, expanding the pit outward to expose the oval and a two-foot strip along its right.
Fiction book (2000) -
I watched the archaeological dig for a while—two young men and one woman carefully troweling dirt and passing it through a large sieve, and one archaeologist on hand to answer questions for tourists.
Academic text (2007) -
He carefully troweled the fresh cement to ensure a smooth finish for the walkway.
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After mixing the plaster, she troweled it onto the wall to create a solid base.
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The gardener troweled the soil to prepare it for planting beautiful flowers.
Compounds
- Specialized
A hand tool with a flat pointed blade for picking up and spreading mortar between bricks
- Specialized
A hand tool with a flat pointed blade for spreading and shaping mortar or cement
- Specialized
A hand tool with a flat metal blade for spreading and smoothing plaster on walls and ceilings
- Specialized
A small hand tool with a pointed metal blade for filling and smoothing mortar between bricks
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Etymology
Trowel as a verb comes from the name of the tool, from Old French truelle and Latin trulla, a 'small ladle'. So to trowel something is literally to use that little 'ladle' to scoop or spread soil, mortar, or plaster.