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Definition of Spade
1. Verb. Dig (up) with a spade. "I spade compost into the flower beds"
2. Noun. A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it. "Spades were trumps"
3. Noun. A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot.
4. Noun. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person. "Only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur
Generic synonyms: Black, Black Person, Blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
Definition of Spade
1. n. A hart or stag three years old.
2. n. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.
3. v. t. To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Definition of Spade
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A playing card marked with the symbol ?. ¹
3. Noun. (offensive ethnic slur) A black person. ¹
4. Verb. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spade
1. to take up with a spade (a digging implement) [v SPADED, SPADING, SPADES]
Medical Definition of Spade
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1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. "With spade and pickax armed."
2. One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. ""Let spades be trumps!" she said." (Pope)
3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. Spade bayonet, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; called also trowel bayonet.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spade
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