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| Main Entry: |
spade
[speyd]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool |
| Synonyms: | digger, shovel, spud |
| Notes: | a spade is a sturdy hand shovel with a flat blade that can be pushed into the earth with the foot, while spayed means having the ovaries of a female animal surgically removed |
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| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig, uncover |
| Synonyms: | beat, break, burrow, clean, clear, comb, delve, excavate, ferret, fine-tooth-comb, forage, hunt, poke, prepare, probe, pull up, rake, ransack, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, spade, unearth, uproot |
| Antonyms: | cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utensil, tool for shovelling |
| Synonyms: | bail, dipper, ladle, shovel, spade, spoon, trowel |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up; shovel |
| Synonyms: | bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up |
| Main Entry: | digger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who digs |
| Synonyms: | miner, mole, spade |
| Main Entry: | shovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digging tool |
| Synonyms: | digger, excavator, scoop, spade, trowel |
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