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Word: Spade
Speech Type: Noun
Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’
speɪd
a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.
Short Definition:tool with sharp-edged metal blade and long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, etc.
Word: Spade
Speech Type: Verb
speɪd
dig over (ground) with a spade
Short Definition:dig over ground with spade
Examples:- while spading the soil, I think of the flowers
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