spade

n.

1. A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot.
2. Any of various similar digging or cutting tools.

tr.v., spad·ed, spad·ing, spades.
To dig or cut with a spade.

[Middle English, from Old English spadu.]

spader spad'er n.

spade² (spād)
n.

1. Games.
   1. A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards.
   2. A playing card with this figure.
   3. also spades (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.
2. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

idiom:

in spades

1. To a considerable degree: They had financial trouble in spades.

[Italian spade, pl. of spada, card suit, from Latin spatha, sword, broad-bladed stirrer, from Greek spathē, broad blade.]

verb

To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool: delve, dig, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel. See enter/exit.

n. the part of the trail of a gun carriage that digs into the earth to brace the gun during recoil.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A tool for digging and cutting the ground, having a rather thick blade, usually nearly flat, so formed that its terminal edge may be pressed into the ground with one foot while the handle is grasped.

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

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - spade, neger
v. tr. - grave med en spade

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    kalde en spade for en spade, kalde tingene ved deres rette navne

2.
n. - spar

Nederlands (Dutch)
schop, schoppen (kaart)

Français (French)
1.
n. - bêche, pelle
v. tr. - bêcher

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    appeler un chat un chat

2.
n. - pique (des cartes)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spaten
v. - (um)graben

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    das Kind beim Namen nennen

2.
n. - Pikkarte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φτυάρι, μπαστούνι, πίκα (της τράπουλας), (αργκό) νέγρος, αράπης, σπάτουλα μαγειρικής
v. - σκάβω με φτυάρι

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    λέω τα σύκα σύκα

Italiano (Italian)
picche

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espadas (naipe) (f), pá (f)
v. - padejar

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    chamar as coisas pelo seu nome, não fazer rodeios

Русский (Russian)
лопата, скребок, совок, нож, пиковая масть, черномазый, копать лопатой, разделывать

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    называть вещи своими именами

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - espadas, picos, pala, laya, arado, pico
v. tr. - lavar, zapar, remover la tierra

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    llamar al pan pan y al vino vino

2.
n. - espadas (palo en naipes)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spader, spade
v. - gräva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 铲, 铁锹, 用锹掘

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    直言不讳

2. 黑桃

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 黑桃

2.
n. - 鏟, 鐵鍬
v. tr. - 鏟, 用鍬掘

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    直言不諱

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (부삽 모양의) 가래, 가래 비슷한 평평한 날 달린 도구
v. tr. - 가래로 파다, (고래 따위를) 끌로 잘라내다

idioms:

• call a spade a spade    사실 그대로 말하다, 직언하다

2.
n. - (카드놀이) 스페이드, 스페이드 한 벌, 흑인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - すき, スペードの札, 踏み鋤, 黒人
v. - すきで掘る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألبستوني في ورق أللعب, رفش, مسحاة (فعل) يجرف, يرفش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮את-חפירה‬
v. tr. - ‮חפר באת, עבד באת‬
n. - ‮עלה, פיק (בקלפים), שחור, כושי‬

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