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Synonyms
spade1 (spād)

[Middle English, from Old English spadu.]

noun 

  1. A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot.
  2. Any of various similar digging or cutting tools.

transitive verb: spad·ed, spad·ing, spades. 

To dig or cut with a spade.

derivatives

spad́er
noun
spade2 (spād)

[Italian spade pl. of spada, card suit, from Latin spatha, sword, broad-bladed stirrer, from Greek spathē, broad blade.]

noun 

  1. Games
    1. A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
    2. A playing card with this figure.
    3. also spades. The suit of cards represented by this figure.
  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

idioms

in spades
To a considerable degree: They had financial trouble in spades.