noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "My grandfather used his spades to dig a new flower bed for his prize-winning roses. " agriculture utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A playing card marked with the symbol ♠. Examples : "He held three spades in his hand, hoping to win the trick. " game item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. Examples : "The whaling crew used the spades to carefully cut open the whale's skin. " utensil nautical animal job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting. Examples : "The farmer spaded the soil to prepare the garden bed for the new vegetables. " agriculture utensil plant work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hart or stag three years old. Examples : "The hunter pointed out a spades grazing in the meadow, noting its distinctive three-year-old antlers. " animal age Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A castrated man or animal. Examples : "The farmer sold the young spades at the market. " animal medicine sex body physiology biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠. Examples : "My favorite card in the deck is the ace of spades. " game sign item entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps. Examples : "We played spades last night, and I kept getting dealt all the high cards. " game entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading