spade¹ /spād/

1. A broad-bladed digging tool
2. A whaler's knife
3. A spade's depth or spit

To dig or remove with a spade

spadeˈful noun (pl spadeˈfuls)

As much as a spade will hold

spadeˈlike adjective

spaˈder noun

spade bone noun

Another name for the scapula

spadeˈfish noun

A marine fish (Chaetodipterus, esp C. faber) of N American coastal waters, having a deep, flattened body

spade foot noun

A rectangular, spade-shaped furniture foot

spade guinea noun

A guinea with spade-shaped shield, coined 1787–99

spadeˈman or spadesˈman noun

A worker with the spade

spadeˈwork noun

Preparatory drudgery

call a spade a spade

To speak plainly without euphemism

spade² /spād/

1. A playing card with black leaf-shaped (on Spanish cards sword-shaped) pips
2. A black or other non-white person (offensive)

in spades (orig US sl)

1. Extremely, emphatically
2. To a great(er) extent

spayad /spāˈad/, spayd, spade /spād/ or spay /spā/ (obsolete)

A male deer in his third year

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