spade

[ UK /spˈe‍ɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈspeɪd/ ]
VERB
  1. dig (up) with a spade
    I spade compost into the flower beds
NOUN
  1. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
  2. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
    she led a low spade
    spades were trumps
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How To Use spade In A Sentence

  • Judging from these movies, Mark Wilkinson is evidently some kind of caecilian-hunting guru genius: with just two lazy, shallow strokes of a spade, he was able to discover two caecilians in their native habitat. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • The guns are actuated by a three-way switch on the spade grip of the stick.
  • States that do the necessary spadework can hope for sufficient foreign direct investment.
  • Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points.
  • Spade in hand, with his head full of Roman castrametation and geometrical problems, a prince, scarce emerged from boyhood, presents himself on that stage where grizzled Mansfelds, drunken Hohenlos, and truculent Verdugos have been so long enacting, that artless military drama which consists of hard knocks and wholesale massacres. History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete
  • Joe Grue successfully ran the jack of hearts, crossed to the ace of hearts, and led the king of spades in the hope of felling a doubleton jack in the South hand. Netherlands win at home
  • The traditional gardeners' tools of spades, forks and trowels have been replaced by sketchpads, hammers and nails.
  • Use an ice chipper, a lawn edging tool, or a spade to scrape off grass or weeds encroaching on the driveway or inhabiting any cracks.
  • Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle. Free riding the roads of Mexico
  • Why did it take so long before the stock exchange finally had the courage to call the proverbial spade a spade? The Financial Industry Continues to Ignore the Need for Reliable Answers
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