Spade word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "spade" word
[noun] a playing card in the major suit of spades
[noun] (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigger"
[verb] dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"
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\Spade\, n. [AS. sp[ae]d; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[eth]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. {Epaulet}, {Spade} at cards, {Spathe}, {Spatula}.] 1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. ``With spade and pickax armed.'' --Milton. 2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. ``Let spades be trumps!'' she said. --Pope. 3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. {Spade bayonet}, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also {trowel bayonet}. {Spade handle} (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
\Spade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spading}.] To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Synonyms for spade
coon, jigaboo, nigger, nigra
See also: Black | black person | blackamoor | boy | cut into | delve | dig | ditch spade | garden spade | hand shovel | long-handled spade | major suit | Negro | Negroid | playing card | ridge | turn over |
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Let's analyse "spade" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EDAPS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1430 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
spade: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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