spades

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of spade (3rd person singular).
  spade

  noun

  a 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.

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spades

Near the central village of Baziafla, flanked by tall grass, the pit was excavated over several weeks with spades, pickaxes and crushers, before the miners were driven out of town by the local authorities.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Morris and his assistants have invested time in teaching players to play dominoes and spades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The most electable progressives are instead happy warriors, a quality Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have in spades.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

In south Wales, photos posted online showed drinks cans, footballs, buckets and spades and even a lilo and flippers abandoned at Barry Island beach.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials.The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Related Words

• shovel