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English noun: spade | |||
| 1. | spade (artifact) a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it | ||
| Samples | She led a low spade. Spades were trumps. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing card | ||
| Member meronym | major suit | ||
| 2. | spade (artifact) a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hand shovel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ditch spade, garden spade, long-handled spade | ||
| 3. | spade (person) (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person | ||
| Samples | Only a Black can call another Black a nigga. | ||
| Synonyms | coon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid | ||
| Domain usage | depreciation, derogation, disparagement, ethnic slur | ||
English verb: spade | |||
| 1. | spade (contact) dig (up) with a spade | ||
| Samples | I spade compost into the flower beds. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut into, delve, dig, turn over | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ridge | ||
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