Definizione monolingua

spade

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.

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.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Make your mind easy, Ratsey said; I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade.

2. A playing card marked with the symbol ?.

   Ive got only one spade in my hand.

3. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Definizione dizionario spade

	vanga
	a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging

	pala
	a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging

	picche
	one of the black suits in a deck of cards

badile

lancia

paletta

picca

pizzo

vangare

zappa

Altri significati:

(offensive) A black person.

a black person

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.

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

A playing card marked with the symbol ?.

(to) spade

Tool having a flat and sharp metal tip and a wooden handle used to break, dig and move the earth.