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spade

N พลั่ว trowel digging tool shovel pua

spade

N ไพ่ โพดำ pai-po-dam

spade

VI ขุด ดิน ด้วย พลั่ว burrow dig scoop shovel kud-din-duai-pua

spade

VT ขุด ดิน ด้วย พลั่ว toad kud-din-duai-pua

spade foot

N เฟอร์นิเจอร์ ที่ มี ขา เป็น สี่เหลี่ยม แล้ว เรียว ขึ้น for-ni-jor-ti-me-ka-se-liam

spade up

PHRV แซะ ด้วย พลั่ว หรือ เสียม ขุด ด้วย พลั่ว หรือ เสียม sea-duai-pua-rue-siam

spadefish

N ปลา ทะเล จำพวก Chaetodipterous พบ ตาม ชายฝั่ง มหาสมุทร

spadefoot toad

N คางคก ตระกูล Pilobatidae kang-kok

spader

N คนที่ ขุด ดิน ด้วย พลั่ว หรือ เสียม kon-ti-kud-din-duai-pua-rue-siam

spadework

N งาน จัดเตรียม ขั้นต้น ngan-jad-triam-kan-ton

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPADE

n.[L. spatula, from the root of pateo. ] 1. An instrument for digging, consisting of a broad palm with a handle.
2. A suit of cards.
3. A deer three years old; written also spaid.
4. A gelded beast. [L. spado. ]

SPADE-BONE

n.[spade and bone. ] The shoulder blade. [I believe little used. ]

SPADEFUL

n.[spade and full. ] As much as a spade will hold.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPADE

Spade, n. Etym: [Cf. Spay, n.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]

2. Etym: [Cf. L. spado. ]

Defn: A castrated man or beast.

SPADE

Spade, n. Etym: [AS. spæd; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel.spaedhi, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa `qh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula. ]

1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. "With spade and pickax armed. " Milton.

2. Etym: [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa `qh. See the Etymology above. ]

Defn: One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. "Let spades be trumps!" she said. Pope.

3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. Spade bayonet, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet. -- Spade handle (Mach. ), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.

SPADE

Spade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Spading.]

Defn: To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

SPADEBONE

SPADEBONE Spade "bone ` (, n.

Defn: Shoulder blade. [Prov. Eng. ]

SPADEFISH

SPADEFISH Spade "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American market fish (Chætodipterus faber ) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

SPADEFOOT

SPADEFOOT Spade "foot `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

SPADEFUL

Spade "ful, n.; pl. Spadefuls. Etym: [Spade + full. ]

Defn: As much as a spade will hold or lift.

SPADER

SPADER Spad "er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

New American Oxford Dictionary

spade

spade 1 |spād speɪd | ▶noun a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc. • a tool of a similar shape for another purpose, esp. one for removing the blubber from a whale. ▶verb [ with obj. ] dig in (ground ) with a spade: while spading the soil, I think of the flowers. • move (soil ) with a spade: earth is spaded into the grave. PHRASES call a spade a spade speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues. DERIVATIVES spade ful |-ˌfo͝ol |noun ( pl. spadefuls ) ORIGIN Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle. ’

spade

spade 2 |speɪd spād | ▶noun 1 (spades ) one of the four suits in a conventional deck of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk. • (a spade ) a card of this suit. 2 informal, offensive a black person. PHRASES in spades informal to a very high degree: he got his revenge now in spades. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword, ’ via Latin from Greek spathē; compare with spade 1 .

spade beard

spade beard ▶noun an oblong-shaped beard.

spadefish

spade fish |ˈspādˌfiSH ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or spadefishes ) a marine fish with an almost disk-shaped body. It lives in tropical inshore waters, where it often forms schools. [Chaetodipterus and other genera, family Ephippidae: several species, including the western Atlantic C. faber. ]

spade foot

spade foot ▶noun a square enlargement at the end of a chair leg.

spadefoot toad

spade foot toad |ˈspādˌfo͝ot ˌspeɪdfʊt ˈtoʊd | ▶noun a plump, short-legged burrowing toad with a prominent sharp-edged tubercle on the hind feet, native to North America and Europe. [Family Pelobatidae: several genera, including Scaphiophus (of America ) and Pelobates (of Europe ), and several species, in particular P. fuscus. ]

spade guinea

spade guinea ▶noun a guinea of George III's reign with a spade-shaped shield on the reverse.

spadework

spade work |ˈspādˌwərk ˈspeɪdˌwərk | ▶noun routine or difficult preparatory work.

Oxford Dictionary

spade

spade 1 |speɪd | ▶noun a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc. • a tool of a similar shape for another purpose, especially one for removing the blubber from a whale. • [ as modifier ] shaped like a spade: a spade bit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] dig over (ground ) with a spade: while spading the soil, I think of the flowers. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] move (soil ) with a spade: earth is spaded into the grave. PHRASES call a spade a spade speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues. DERIVATIVES spadeful noun ( pl. spadefuls ) ORIGIN Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle ’.

spade

spade 2 |speɪd | ▶noun 1 (spades ) one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk. • (a spade ) a card of the suit of spades. 2 informal, offensive a black person. PHRASES in spades informal to a very high degree: he got his revenge now in spades. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword ’, via Latin from Greek spathē; compare with spade 1 .

spade beard

spade beard ▶noun an oblong-shaped beard.

spadefish

spade |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or spadefishes ) a marine fish with an almost disc-shaped body. It lives in tropical inshore waters, where it often forms schools. ●Chaetodipterus and other genera, family Ephippidae: several species, including the western Atlantic C. faber.

spadefoot

spadefoot |ˈspeɪdfʊt |(also spadefoot toad ) ▶noun ( pl. spadefoots ) a plump, short-legged burrowing toad with a prominent sharp-edged tubercle on the hind feet, native to North America and Europe. ●Family Pelobatidae: several genera, including Scaphiophus (of America ) and Pelobates (of Europe ), and several species, in particular P. fuscus.

spade foot

spade foot ▶noun a square enlargement at the end of a chair leg.

spade guinea

spade guinea ▶noun a guinea of George III's reign with a spade-shaped shield on the reverse.

spadework

spade |work |ˈspeɪdwəːk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] hard or routine preparatory work.

Oxford Thesaurus

spadework

spadework noun the politicians coming along have benefited from the spadework done for them: preliminary work, preparations, planning, groundwork, foundations, homework, preliminaries, provision, preparatory measures; hard work, donkey work, labour, drudgery, slog, toil, hard labour, sweated labour, hack work, chores, exertion; informal grind, sweat, elbow grease; Brit. informal graft; archaic travail, moil.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spade

spade 1 /speɪd /名詞複～s /-dz /C 鋤（すき）, 踏みぐわ ; 鋤に似たもの [道具 ]▸ dig with a spade 鋤で穴を掘る c à ll a sp à de a sp á de ｟くだけて｠ありのままを言う, ずけずけ言う .動詞他動詞〈地面土など〉を鋤で耕す , 掘り起こす (up ).

spade

spade 2 名詞 C 1 〘トランプ〙スペード (のカード ); 〖～s 〗スペードの1組 .2 ｟やや古けなして｠黒人 .in sp á des ｟主に米くだけて｠確かに, かなりの程度 .

spadework

sp á de w ò rk 名詞 U 1 (退屈な )下準備 ; (骨の折れる )準備作業 .2 鋤仕事 .