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- [speyd]
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- /speɪd/
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- [speyd]
- /speɪd/
Definitions of spade word
- noun spade a black figure shaped like an inverted heart and with a short stem at the cusp opposite the point, used on playing cards. 1
- noun spade a card of the suit bearing such figures. 1
- noun spade spades. (used with a singular or plural verb) the suit so marked: Spades is trump. Spades count double. (used with a plural verb) Casino. the winning of seven spades or more. 1
- noun spade Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person. 1
- verb with object spade to dig, cut, or remove with a spade (sometimes followed by up): Let's spade up the garden and plant some flowers. 1
- idioms spade call a spade a spade, to call something by its real name; be candidly explicit; speak plainly or bluntly: To call a spade a spade, he's a crook. 1
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Origin of spade
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English spadu; cognate with Dutch spade, German Spaten, Old Norse spathi spade, Greek spáthē broad, flat piece of wood
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Parts of speech for Spade
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spade popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spade usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spade
verb spade
- bailed — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
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