1. past tense and past participle of spade; dug or turned over with a spade

Examples

• She spaded the garden bed before planting the vegetables.
• The workers spaded the soil to prepare it for the foundation.
• He spaded up the weeds from around the roses.
• The freshly spaded earth was dark and rich.
• They spaded the compost into the flower bed.
• The gardener spaded the plot early in the spring.