spade
noun
[ speɪd ]
• a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.
spade
verb
• dig over (ground) with a spade.
• "while spading the soil, I think of the flowers"
Origin:
Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’.
spade
noun
• one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk.
• a black person.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword’, via Latin from Greek spathē ; compare with spade1.
in spades
• to a very high degree.
• "he got his revenge now in spades"
