Толковый словарь английского языка - spade
Spade
spade
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spadu; akin to Greek spathē blade of a sword or oar Date: before 12th century a digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot, a ~-shaped instrument, ~ful noun II. verb (~d; spading) Date: circa 1647 transitive verb to dig up or out or shape with or as if with a ~, intransitive verb to use a ~, ~r noun III. noun Etymology: Italian spada or Spanish espada broadsword; both from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade Date: circa 1598 1. the suit comprising cards marked ~s, a black figure that resembles a stylized spearhead on each playing card of one of the four suits, black 4
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a tool used for digging or cutting the ground etc., with a sharp-edged metal blade and a long handle. 2 a tool of a similar shape for various purposes, e.g. for removing the blubber from a whale. 3 anything resembling a spade. --v.tr. dig over (ground) with a spade. Phrases and idioms call a spade a spade speak plainly or bluntly. spade beard an oblong-shaped beard. spade foot a square spadelike enlargement at the end of a chair-leg. Derivatives spadeful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: OE spadu, spada 2. n. 1 a a playing-card of a suit denoted by black inverted heart-shaped figures with small stalks. b (in pl.) this suit. 2 sl. offens. a Black. Phrases and idioms in spades sl. to a high degree, with great force. spade guinea hist. a guinea of George III's reign with a spade-shaped shield on the reverse. Etymology: It. spade pl. of spada sword f. L spatha f. Gk spathe, rel. to SPADE(1): assoc. with the shape of a pointed spade ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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