spades

Noun

spades noun

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.
2. A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.“I've got only one spade in my hand.”
3. A black person.
4. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

spades noun

1. A hart or stag three years old.
2. A castrated man or animal.

spades noun

1. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
2. A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.

Verb

spades verb

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