Definition of spade
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: a digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot
2
: a spade-shaped instrument
spade
verb
spaded; spading
Definition of spade (Entry 2 of 3)
: to dig up or out or shape with or as if with a spade
: to use a spade
spade
noun (2)Definition of spade (Entry 3 of 3)
1a
: a black figure that resembles a stylized spearhead on each playing card of one of the four suits
also
: a card marked with this figure
b
spades plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: the suit comprising cards marked with spades
2
offensive
—used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a Black person
in spades
: to an unusually great degree : in the extreme
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