spade
The definition of a spade is a flat-bladed tool used for digging, or a suit of cards marked with an image of an upside down heart such as this image - ♠
(noun)- An example of a spade is a small metal tool with a wooden handle used in home gardening.
- An example of a spade is the mark on a suit of playing cards.
Spade means to dig.
(verb)An example of spade is to dig into the ground.
See spade in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a heavy, flat-bladed, long-handled tool used for digging by pressing the metal blade into the ground with the foot
- any of several tools resembling a spade
- a part of the trail of a gun carriage which digs into the ground, so as to brace the gun during recoil
Origin: ME < OE spadu, akin to Ger spaten < IE base *spē-, long flat piece of wood > spoon, Gr spathē
noun
- any of a suit of playing cards marked with black figures shaped like this: ♠
- this suit of cards
- Slang black (): term of contempt and prejudice
Origin: Sp espada, sword (the sign used on Spanish cards) < L spatha, flat blade < Gr spathē: see spade
See spade in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot.
- Any of various similar digging or cutting tools.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English spadu
.Related Forms:
- spadˈer noun
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spade1
noun
- 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.
- Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
Origin:
Origin: Italian spade
Origin: , pl. of spada, card suit
Origin: , from Latin spatha, sword, broad-bladed stirrer
Origin: , from Greek spathē, broad blade
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