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[Noun] | "spade" | \ ˈspād \

1: a digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot

2: a spade-shaped instrument

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English, going back to Old English spadu, spædu, spade (plural spadan), going back to Germanic *spaðōn- (whence also Old Saxon spado "digging implement, spade," Old Frisian spada, early Modern German Spaten, Icelandic spaði), akin to Greek spáthē "any of various blade-like implements or objects," both going back to Indo-European *sph2-dh-, perhaps a suffixed derivative of the verbal base *speh2- "draw, pull out" {mat|spasm|};

* Note : Hittite išpann-, išpatar "spit, skewer" has also been compared, though according to Jaan Puhvel the stem would reflect *speh2-tr- rather than *speh2-dhr- (see: Hittite Etymological Dictionary, vol. 1/2, pp. 450-51). Probably also relevant are Sanskrit sphya- "shoulder blade," Khotanese phvai "spade, shovel," perhaps reflecting *sph2-i-o- (for further Indo-Iranian forms see: Manfred Mayrhofer, Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen, 3. Band, p. 547; H.W. Bailey, Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, 1979, p. 264).;

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[Noun] | "spade"

1: a black figure that resembles a stylized spearhead on each playing card of one of the four suits; also : a card marked with this figure

2: the suit comprising cards marked with spades

3: —used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a Black person

Origin: circa 1598 ;

Italian spada or Spanish espada broadsword; both from Latin spatha, from Greek spathē blade;

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[Noun] | "spade beard"

1: an oblong beard with square ends

2: a beard rounded off at the top and pointed at the bottom

Origin: 1598 ;

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[Verb] | "spade"

1: to dig up or out or shape with or as if with a spade

2: to use a spade

Origin: circa 1647 ;

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[Verb] | "call" | \ ˈkȯl \

1: to speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance : shout

2: to make a request or demand

3: to utter a characteristic note or cry

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hildecalla battle herald, Old High German kallōn to talk loudly, Old Church Slavic glasŭ voice;

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[Verb] | "spade"

1: as in scoop;

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[Verb] | "call"

1: to speak so as to be heard at a distance;

* e.g., " ... we could hear someone calling for help from the other side of the wall "

Antonyms :
continue,
keep

2: to make a telephone call to;

* e.g., " ... use this cell phone to call me if there's an emergency "

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3: to make a brief visit;

* e.g., " ... the hospital posts the hours during which friends and relatives may call "

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[Verb] | "call (for)"

1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;

* e.g., " ... with an eye to the expected rush, the manager called for additional waiters "

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2: to make a request for;

* e.g., " ... called for someone to help with planning the club's party "

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[Verb] | "call (on or upon)"

1: to make a social call upon;

* e.g., " ... lots of well-wishers called on the new parents in the weeks following the birth of their first child "

Synonyms :
drop in (on),
see,
visit

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