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spading

/ˈspeɪdɪŋ/

spadingnoun

spadings

Translations

вскапывание

The spading of the garden took all afternoon.

Вскапывание сада заняло весь день.

Definitions

The act or process of digging or turning over soil with a spade.

The gardener spent the afternoon spading the flower beds to prepare them for planting.

Synonyms

spadinggerund / present participle

/ˈspeɪdɪŋ/

Used attributively before nouns (e.g., “spading fork”) to describe tools or persons engaged in the act of spading.

Definitions

Used for, or engaged in, the act of turning over soil with a spade.

He bought a spading shovel to break up the clay.

spadenoun

Definitions

A tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.

He used a spade to dig a hole for the new tree in the garden.

A playing card in the suit of spades, marked with a black symbol resembling a pointed leaf with a short stem.

She drew the ace of spades from the deck during the card game.

A black symbol shaped like an inverted heart with a short stem, used to mark the suit of spades on playing cards.

A spade was printed in the upper-left corner of the card.

(offensive, dated, ethnic slur) A Black person.

The comedian was condemned for using the word "spade" as a slur.

The suit of playing cards represented by the black spade symbol (♠).

South opened the bidding with two spades.

The suit of playing cards bearing spade symbols.

In this game, spades are always trumps.

spadeverb

spading

Gerund

spaded

Past Simple

spaded

Past Participle

spading

Gerund

/speɪd/

Translations

вскапыватьо земле, саде, грядках

He decided to spade the garden to prepare it for planting.

Он решил вскопать сад, чтобы подготовить его к посадке.

Definitions

To dig or cut into the ground with a spade.

He decided to spade the garden to prepare it for planting.

Synonyms

break ground

break up

turn over

Antonyms

spadeadjective

Definitions

Relating to a spade or shaped like one; broad and flat at the end.

The spade handle was wrapped for a better grip.