| NOUN | artifact | spade | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it |
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| artifact | spade | a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot | |
| VERB | contact | spade | dig (up) with a spade |
| Sounds | spey'd | |
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| Rhymes | accolade ... wade / Wade: 90 rhymes with eyd... | |
| Meaning | A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it. | |
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| Member of | major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts |
| Broader | playing card | One of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
| Spanish | espada, pica, picas | |
| Catalan | pics | |
| Meaning | A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot. | |
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| Narrower | ditch spade, long-handled spade | A spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches |
| garden spade | A spade used by gardeners | |
| Broader | hand shovel | A shovel that is operated by hand |
| Spanish | laya | |
| Catalan | fanga | |
| Verbs | spade | dig (up) with a spade |
| Meaning | dig (up) with a spade. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I spade compost into the flower beds" | |
| Narrower | ridge | spade into alternate ridges and troughs |
| Broader | dig, delve, cut into, turn over | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| Spanish | cavar | |
| Nouns | spade | a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot |
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