spade
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
she led a low spade
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Sense 2 verb
dig (up) with a spade
I spade compost into the flower beds
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Sense 3 noun
a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
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Sense 4 noun
(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
only a Black can call another Black a nigga
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | major suit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing card |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spade |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ridge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spade |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand shovel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ditch spade |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden spade |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | derogation |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | ethnic slur |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | Black person |