spade

Betekenis (Engels)

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 cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
3. A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.

Verb

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

Verb

simple past and past participle of spay

Sinonieme

shovel

hoe

trowel

dig

scoop

jigaboo

coon

grub

nigra

nigger

mattock

till

digger

gibe

handle

jab

plowshare

poke

shove

spoon

🥄

string

🪢

tool

nigga

spado

peak

pick

⛏️

pick-axe

plough

plow

grafting tool

cane

pot

ridge

chisel

burrow

cauldron

spathe

spay

spit

hoe in general

stick

scoop shovel

axe

🪓

toad

backing-off

casserole

digging tool

flense

Negro

heavy

Vertalings

bêche

Spaten

spade

vanga

pelle

pá

schop

pique

pala

φτυάρι

Pik

♠️

azada

badile

zappa

pala

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/speɪd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: spade

Geërf van Old English: spada

Verwante met Nederlands: spade

Verwante met Old Frisian: spada

Verwante met Old Saxon: spado

Verwante met Duits: Spaten

Verwante met Hunsrik: Spaad

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: σπάθη

Verwante met Hetities: 𒅖𒉺𒀀𒋻

Verwante met Persies: سپار

Verwante met Noord-Luri: ئەسپار

Verwante met Sorani: ئەسپەر

In summary

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.

Sinne

Henderson stood up with a spade in his hand .