have spaded
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present perfectof spade.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
spadenouna tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
Example Sentences
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Well-rotted manure being the best all-around fertilizer, we will say that we have spaded that into the seed bed after the trenching operation is over.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
Ethel and Dee had good lawns at home which their mothers were not willing to have spaded up, but they gave consent to the girls putting crocus bulbs here and there over the lawns.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw