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Definition spade

Etymology 1

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spad?, *spadô, *spad? (“spade”). Cognate with Dutch spade, Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten, Hunsrik Spaad. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sph?-d?-, whence also Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “blade”), Hittite [script needed] (išpatar, “spear”), Persian ????‎ (sop?r, “plow”), Northern Luri ??????‎ (asp?r, “diging”) and Kurdish ??????‎ (esper), ???????‎ (espere, “cross-piece on shaft of spade to take pressure of foot”).

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
  2. A playing card marked with the symbol ?.
  3. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
  4. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Verb

spade (third-person singular simple present spades, present participle spading, simple past and past participle spaded)

  1. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

Etymology 2

Compare spay, noun, and spado.

Noun

spade (plural spades)

  1. A hart or stag three years old.
  2. A castrated man or animal.

Results 320 Words with the letters SPADE

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8 letter words with the letters SPADE 
7 letter words with the letters SPADE 
6 letter words with the letters SPADE 
ADEPTS 10
DRAPES 10
GASPED 12
HASPED 12
LAPSED 11
PADLES 11
PADRES 10
PARSED 10
PASHED 12
PASSED 10
PASTED 10
PAUSED 11
PEDALS 11
PESADE 10
PHASED 12
PLEADS 11
RASPED 10
SAPPED 13
SCAPED 13
SHAPED 12
SOAPED 10
SPACED 13
SPADED 11
SPADER 10
SPADES 10
SPARED 10
SPAYED 12
SPREAD 10
5 letter words with the letters SPADE 
4 letter words with the letters SPADE 
APED 8
APES 7
APSE 7
DAPS 8
PADS 8
PASE 7
PEAS 7
PEDS 8
SADE 5
SPAE 7
SPED 8
3 letter words with the letters SPADE 
ADS 4
APE 6
ASP 6
DAP 7
PAD 7
PAS 6
PEA 6
PED 7
PES 6
SAD 4
SAE 3
SAP 6
SEA 3
SPA 6
2 letter words with the letters SPADE 
AD 3
AE 2
AS 2
DA 3
DE 3
ED 3
ES 2
PA 5
PE 5

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