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(speɪd)

Word forms: plural spades

1. countable noun

A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.

... a garden spade.

The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.

2. uncountable noun [with singular or plural verb]

Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols:♠.

...the ace of spades.

A spade is a playing card of this suit.

See to call a spade a spade

spade in British English 1

(speɪd)

noun

a tool for digging, typically consisting of a flat rectangular steel blade attached to a long wooden handle

an object or part resembling a spade in shape

(as modifier)

a spade beard

a heavy metallic projection attached to the trail of a gun carriage that embeds itself into the ground and so reduces recoil

a type of oar blade that is comparatively broad and short

Compare spoon (sense 6)

a cutting tool for stripping the blubber from a whale or skin from a carcass

6. call a spade a spade

verb

7. (transitive)

to use a spade on

Derived forms

spader (ˈspader)

noun

Word origin

Old English spadu; related to Old Norse spathi, Old High German spato, Greek spathē blade

spade in British English 2

(speɪd)

noun

the black symbol on a playing card resembling a heart-shaped leaf with a stem

a card with one or more of these symbols or (when pl) the suit of cards so marked, usually the highest ranking of the four

2. offensive, slang

a Black person

3. in spades

Word origin

C16: from Italian spada sword, used as an emblem on playing cards, from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade, broadsword

spade in American English 1

(speɪd)

noun

a heavy, flat-bladed, long-handled tool used for digging by pressing the metal blade into the ground with the foot

any of several tools resembling a spade

a part of the trail of a gun carriage which digs into the ground, so as to brace the gun during recoil

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈspaded or ˈspading

to dig or cut with or as with a spade

Idioms:

call a spade a spade

Derived forms

spadeful (ˈspadeful)

noun

spader (ˈspader)

noun

Word origin

ME < OE spadu, akin to Ger spaten < IE base *spē-, long flat piece of wood > spoon, Gr spathē

spade in American English 2

(speɪd)

noun

any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like this: ♠

2. [pl., with sing. or pl. v.]

this suit of cards

3. Slang

black (sense 20)

term of contempt and prejudice

Idioms:

in spades

Word origin

Sp espada, sword (the sign used on Spanish cards) < L spatha, flat blade < Gr spathē: see spade1

spade in American English 3

(speɪd)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈspaded or ˈspading

Dialectal

spay

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British English: spade /speɪd/ NOUN

A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.

...a garden spade.

American English: spade
Arabic: مِجْرَاف
Brazilian Portuguese: pá
Chinese: 铁锹
Croatian: lopata
Czech: rýč
Danish: spade
Dutch: spade
European Spanish: pala cavar
Finnish: lapio
French: bêche
German: Spaten
Greek: μπαστούνι τράπουλα
Italian: vanga
Japanese: 鋤
Korean: 가래 도구
Norwegian: spade
Polish: łopata
European Portuguese: pá
Romanian: cazma
Russian: лопата
Latin American Spanish: pala
Swedish: spade
Thai: พลั่ว
Turkish: kürek
Ukrainian: лопата
Vietnamese: cái mai

Chinese translation of 'spade'

spade

(speɪd)

n (c)

(= tool) 锹(鍬) (qiāo) (把, bǎ)
(child's) 小铲(鏟) (xiǎochǎn)

Derived Forms

spades n pl (Cards) 黑桃 (hēitáo)

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释义	Trends of spade View usage for: spade (speɪd) Word forms: plural spades 1. countable noun A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle. ... a garden spade. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades. 2. uncountable noun [with singular or plural verb] Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols:♠. ...the ace of spades. A spade is a playing card of this suit. 3. See to call a spade a spade spade in British English 1 (speɪd) noun 1. a tool for digging, typically consisting of a flat rectangular steel blade attached to a long wooden handle 2. a. an object or part resembling a spade in shape b. (as modifier) a spade beard 3. a heavy metallic projection attached to the trail of a gun carriage that embeds itself into the ground and so reduces recoil 4. a type of oar blade that is comparatively broad and short Compare spoon (sense 6) 5. a cutting tool for stripping the blubber from a whale or skin from a carcass 6. call a spade a spade verb 7. (transitive) to use a spade on Derived forms spader (ˈspader) noun Word origin Old English spadu; related to Old Norse spathi, Old High German spato, Greek spathē blade spade in British English 2 (speɪd) noun 1. a. the black symbol on a playing card resembling a heart-shaped leaf with a stem b. a card with one or more of these symbols or (when pl) the suit of cards so marked, usually the highest ranking of the four 2. offensive, slang a Black person 3. in spades Word origin C16: from Italian spada sword, used as an emblem on playing cards, from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade, broadsword spade in American English 1 (speɪd) noun 1. a heavy, flat-bladed, long-handled tool used for digging by pressing the metal blade into the ground with the foot 2. any of several tools resembling a spade 3. a part of the trail of a gun carriage which digs into the ground, so as to brace the gun during recoil verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈspaded or ˈspading 4. to dig or cut with or as with a spade Idioms: call a spade a spade Derived forms spadeful (ˈspadeful) noun spader (ˈspader) noun Word origin ME < OE spadu, akin to Ger spaten < IE base spē-, long flat piece of wood > spoon, Gr spathē spade in American English 2 (speɪd) noun 1. any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like this: ♠ 2. [pl., with sing. or pl. v.] this suit of cards 3. Slang black (sense 20) term of contempt and prejudice Idioms:* in spades Word origin Sp espada, sword (the sign used on Spanish cards) < L spatha, flat blade < Gr spathē: see spade1 spade in American English 3 (speɪd) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈspaded or ˈspading Dialectal spay More idioms containing spade call a spade a spade Image of spade © prapann, Shutterstock Word lists with spade tool In other languages spade British English: spade /speɪd/ NOUN A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle. ...a garden spade. American English: spade Arabic: مِجْرَاف Brazilian Portuguese: pá Chinese: 铁锹 Croatian: lopata Czech: rýč Danish: spade Dutch: spade European Spanish: pala cavar Finnish: lapio French: bêche German: Spaten Greek: μπαστούνι τράπουλα Italian: vanga Japanese: 鋤 Korean: 가래 도구 Norwegian: spade Polish: łopata European Portuguese: pá Romanian: cazma Russian: лопата Latin American Spanish: pala Swedish: spade Thai: พลั่ว Turkish: kürek Ukrainian: лопата Vietnamese: cái mai Chinese translation of 'spade' spade (speɪd) n (c) (= tool) 锹(鍬) (qiāo) (把, bǎ) (child's) 小铲(鏟) (xiǎochǎn) Derived Forms spades n pl (Cards) 黑桃 (hēitáo)
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