Definitions
1.nounA mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2.nounA gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc."I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?"
3.nounA tool used for smoothing a mold.
4.verbTo apply (a substance) with a trowel."He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs."
5.verbTo pass over with a trowel.
6.verbTo apply something heavily or unsubtly.