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spade 1 S0599500 (spād)n.1. A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot.2. Any of various similar digging or cutting tools.tr.v. spad·ed, spad·ing, spades To dig or cut with a spade.Idiom: call a spade a spade To speak plainly and forthrightly. [Middle English, from Old English spadu.] spad′er n.
spade 2 S0599500 (spād)n.1. Games a. A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards.b. A playing card with this figure.c. also spades(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.Idiom: in spades To a considerable degree: They had financial trouble in spades. [Italian spade, pl. of spada, card suit, from Latin spatha, sword, broad-bladed stirrer, from Greek spathē, broad blade.]EncyclopediaSeespade |