1. a tool with a flat blade and long handle used for digging
2. one of the four suits in a deck of playing cards, marked with a black symbol shaped like an inverted heart

1. to dig with a spade

Examples

• He used a spade to dig holes for the fence posts.
• The gardener turned the soil with her spade.
• She drew the ace of spades from the deck.
• Hearts and spades are red and black suits respectively.
• They spaded the garden bed before planting vegetables.
• The workers spaded through the hard clay soil.
• A rusty spade leaned against the garden shed.