spade
[verb]
Synonyms: dig, dig out, excavate, scoop, shovel, delve, grub

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

spade /speɪd/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1,3: Language: Old English; Origin: spadu]
[Sense 2, 4-5: Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian; Origin: spada or Spanish espada 'broad sword' (used as a mark on cards), from Latin spatha; ⇒ spatula]

1. a tool for digging that has a long handle and a broad metal blade that you push into the ground ⇒ shovel

2. (also spades [plural]) a playing card belonging to the set of cards that have one or more black shapes that look like pointed leaves printed on them:
the queen of spades

3. call a spade a spade to speak about things in a direct and honest way, even though it may be impolite to do this

4. in spades to a great degree, or in large amounts:
Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades.

5. [countable] taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

spade
noun
I. tool for digging
ADJ. garden There was a garden spade in the shed.
VERB + SPADE dig sth with, use He dug a deep hole in the lawn with his spade.
PHRASES bucket and spade children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades

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spade
II. playing card
 ⇒ Note at CARD

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

spade
̈ɪspeɪd
See: call a spade a spade

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