spade

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spə-dh-, whence also Greek σπάθη (spáthē) ‘blade’, Hittite išpatar ‘spear’.

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Singular
spade

Plural
spades

spade (plural spades)

  1. 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.
  2. A playing card marked with the symbol .
    I've got only one spade in my hand.
  3. (offensive) A black person.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to spade

Third person singular
spades

Simple past
spaded

Past participle
spaded

Present participle
spading

to spade (third-person singular simple present spades, present participle spading, simple past and past participle spaded)

  1. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

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[edit] Finnish

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spade

  1. (military slang) Field cook.

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spade f.

  1. Plural of spada.

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spade m. (definite singular spaden; indefinite plural spader; definite plural spadene)

  1. spade (tool).

[edit] Swedish

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spade c.

Inflection for spade Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form spade spaden spadar spadarna
Possessive form spades spadens spadars spadarnas
  1. spade (tool).