nnoun.artifacta playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on itExamples:- she led a low spade
- spades were trumps
Member Holonyms:major suit
Hypernyms:playing card
Inherited Hypernyms:spadeplaying cardcardpapermaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:spadeplaying cardcardpapermaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the footDerivationally Related Form:spade
Hypernyms:hand shovel
Inherited Hypernyms:spadehand shovelhand tooltoolimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:spadehand shovelshovelhand tooltoolimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:ditch spadegarden spadelong-handled spade
Full Hyponyms:ditch spadegarden spade
vverb.contactdig (up) with a spadeExamples:- I spade compost into the flower beds
Derivationally Related Form:spade
Hypernyms:cut into delve dig turn over
Inherited Hypernyms:spadedigremove
Direct Hyponyms:ridge
Full Troponyms:ridge
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s