Spade

What do we mean by spade?

A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot. noun

Any of various similar digging or cutting tools. noun

To dig or cut with a spade. transitive verb

(call a spade a spade) To speak plainly and forthrightly. idiom

A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards. noun

A playing card with this figure. noun

The suit of cards represented by this figure. noun

Used as a disparaging term for a black person. noun

(in spades) To a considerable degree. idiom

An emasculated person; a eunuch. noun

An emasculated animal; a gelding. noun

A playing-card of one of the two black suits of a pack, the other being clubs. noun

In artillery, a thick metal projection at the end of the trail of a field-gun carriage, which is forced into the ground by the recoil and tends to keep the carriage in the same position for subsequent rounds. noun

To dig or cut with a spade; dig up (the ground) by menns of a spade.

In whaling, to use the boat-spade on, as a whale; cut the tendons of the flukes of; hamstring.

A tool for digging and cutting the ground, having a rather thick iron blade, usually flat, so formed that its terminal edge (either straight or curved) may be pressed into the ground or other resisting substance with one foot, and a handle, usually with a crosspiece at the top, to be grasped by both hands. noun

A tool of soft iron used with diamond-powder by cameo-cutters in finishing. noun

In whaling, a large chisel-like implement used on blubber or bone in cutting-in. See phrases following. noun

In herpetology, a formation on the foot of some toads with which they dig. See spade-fool. 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.

A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.

A black person.

A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

Words that are spelled similarly to spade:
spade, space, spare, shade, spate, sade, spode, slade, spad, spake, stade, spado, pade, spae, spale, suade, spede, spave, spane, swade, spada, spads, splade, scade, saade, spide, ipade.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word spade:
spades, cooley, shovel, finesse, marlowe, grips, bogart, maltese, plough, farley, ranch, falcon, dummy, digging, dig, tricks, rudder, archer, kate, trick, cairo, ace, blade, grip, bit, schneider, mortar, sketch, suits, trump, suit, dirt, detective, liz, bits, lauren, diamond, drill, richards, diamonds, handle, shaped, cattle, hearts, swing, knife, coins, fork, tool, card, weapon, tommy, andy, cards, anchor, brands, nebraska, rob, wolf, grave, gun, ralph, hole, jack, forcing, brand, philip, sam, bid, horse, tim, store, fictional, fred, symbol, soil, comedy, saturday, hand, asks, pick, fit.

Words that rhyme with spade:
trade, aid, blade, shade, grade, cascade, made, accolade, laid, persuade, aide, renegade, crusade, raid, parade, jade, fade, tirade, charade, staid, afraid, evade, decade, promenade, degrade, masquerade, upgrade, glade, retrograde, wade, pervade, braid, mermaid, maid, arcade, fusillade, dissuade, serenade, brigade, escapade, suede, handmade, upbraid, invade, bade, blockade, lade, dismayed, brocade, cade, ade, nightshade, manmade, paid, palisade, barricade, centigrade, lemonade, cavalcade, frayed, grenade, homemade, waylaid, colonnade, clade, conveyed, marinade, marmalade, forbade, downgrade, slade, quaid, located, sauteed, buffeted, payed, delayed, hade, stayed, betrayed, weighed, swayed, arrayed, prepaid, quayd, adelaide, portrayed, haid, splayed, cliched, allayed, overlaid, nsaid, motorcade, played, relayed, unafraid, displayed, stade, medicaid.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spade:
wooden, small, sharp, first, little, low, handled, long, old, narrow, common, heavy, ordinary, last, golden, second, big, singleton, rusty, flat, pointed, third, broken, short, shaped, black, crooked, fourth, bladed, highest, light, english, edged, tiny, red, fifth, irish, broad, busy, rude, victor, plastic, bright, primitive, hieroglyphic, sharpened, humble, top, triangular, lowest, bloody, straight, clean, miniature, bloodless, blunt, ceremonial, hydra, welcome, keen, idle, circular, paradigmatic, sized, archaeological, longhandled, sided, ponderous, dirty, honest, giant, defensive, worn.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spade:
work, bid, husbandry, handle, beard, bits, foot, bit, cultivation, man, fish, hand, shovel, foots, drills, guineas, contract, suit, response, blade, labour, lead, shape, grip, culture, ace, thrust, money, case, calling, guinea, handles, cut, workers, rudder, iron, support, lugs, strength, stick, ard, skull, cuts, terminals, labourers, marks, diamond, strokes, shaped, trenching, depth, slingers, shafts, shaft, arm, fashion, head, drill, bucket, labor, trees, soldier, tip, digging, holiday, garden, heart, flight, rebid, hands, holding, overcall, maker, coins, fork, farmer, cash, opening, tree, depths, edge, shoe, cook, cart, tool, husbandmen, drawing.

Consonant match to spade:
speed, spud, sped, spode, spurred, spied, spaid, spaad, spayd, spayde.

Words that sound like spade:
spade, spayed, spaid, speed, spud, sped, spied, spate, spead, spid, spode, speight, spad, spod, spaed, spede, spyd, spot, spit, spite, spades, spout, spat, swayed, suede, sprayed, sade, spay, sayed, splayed, spae, saide, suade, sayd, swade, spott, sput, spight, spader, sede, spet, spey, spoot, speet, spd, spadea, splade, side, said, sad, seed, sid, sod, sighed, cide, sate, sewed, cede, sawed, shead, cid, sode, sead, saad, saud, sied, sood, ceed, ciate, saeed, sait, sapid, espied, soad, pseud, sidd, sadd, seid, saed, cyd, c.d, seide, c.o.d, sawd, cde, sipid, scid, sewd, -cide, sidh, saite, psid, soed, saade, hspa, sahd, sadh, sajd, cidh, siod.