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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)
- 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.
- A playing card marked with the symbol ?.
- (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- 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)
- To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
Etymology 2
Compare spay, noun, and spado.
Noun
spade (plural spades)
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