SPADE

Meaning of SPADE in English

a character created in 1930 by the US writer Dashiell Hammett in his book The Maltese Falcon . Spade is a tough but honest private detective. Hammett also wrote Sam Spade stories for Black Mask magazine.

Compare Marlowe .

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SPADE — I. ˈspād noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spadu, spædu; akin to Old Frisian spada spade, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPADE — (v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — ( v. t. ) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — spade 1 — spadelike , adj. — spader , n. /spayd/ , n. , v. , spaded, spading . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — I. ˈspād noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spadu; akin to Greek spathē blade of a sword or oar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPADE — noun a castrated man or beast. 2. spade ·noun a hart or stag three years old. 3. spade ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
SPADE — [spade] n [ME, fr. OE spadu; akin to Gk spathe blade of a sword or oar] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPADE — / speɪd; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPADE — spade /speɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1,3: Language: Old English ; Origin: spadu ] [ Sense 2, 4-5: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPADE — n. 1 a a playing-card of a suit denoted by black inverted heart-shaped figures with small stalks. b (in pl.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPADE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool used for digging or cutting the ground etc., with a sharp-edged metal blade …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPADE — n. 1 a a playing-card of a suit denoted by black inverted heart-shaped figures with small stalks. b (in pl.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPADE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool used for digging or cutting the ground etc., with a sharp-edged metal blade …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPADE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a tool used for digging or cutting the ground etc., with a sharp-edged metal …
Oxford English vocab
SPADE — ( spades) 1. A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPADE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A spade lay half-buried in mud. ▪ And it's no use calling a spade an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPADE — See: CALL A SPADE A SPADE.
Slang English vocab
SPADE — • ↑ call a spade a spade
Longman Activator English vocab
SPADE — See: CALL A SPADE A SPADE.
Словарь английских идиом
SPADE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPADE — 1) лопата 2) копать, рыть • - molding spade - roll spade - vibrator spade
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SPADE — 1) лопата 2) копать, рыть • - molding spade - roll spade - vibrator spade
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SPADE — 1) заступ 2) лопата 3) лопатить 4) лопаточный • - drain spade - molding spade
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPADE
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPADE — _I 1. speıd n 1. 1> лопата, лопатка; заступ 2> скребок 3> совок 2. нож ( для разделки китовых туш …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPADE
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPADE
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPADE — 1) заступ; штыковая лопата, копальная лопата 2) копать; рыть • spade for tilting — лопатка для плиточных работ - coffered spade - mortar mixing spade - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
SPADE — штыковая (копальная) лопата - air spade - coffered spade - draining spade - garden spade - grafting spade - socketed …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SPADE
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPADE — ~, fossette; (at cards) pic; v. spadar, fossar
English interlingue dictionary
SPADE — pala
English-Visayan vocabulary
SPADE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spadu; akin to Greek spathē blade of a sword or oar Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPADE — (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, …
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — (n.) A castrated man or beast.
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — (n.) A hart or stag three years old.
Английский словарь Webster
SPADE — ( n. ) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — ( n. ) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — ( n. ) A hart or stag three years old.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — ( n. ) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — ( n. ) A castrated man or beast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPADE — v. dig or remove with a spade
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPADE — n. long-handled digging tool with a narrow iron blade that is pressed into the ground with the foot; black figure …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPADE — n. call a spade a spade spade beard spade bearded in spades
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPADE — n. Function: noun Etymology: Italian spada or Spanish espada broadsword; both from Latin spatha, from Greek spath ē blade Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPADE — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: spad · ed ; spad · ing Date: circa 1647 transitive verb : to dig …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPADE — n. Pronunciation: ' sp ā d Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spadu; akin to Greek spath ē …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPADE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a tool with a sharp-edged, rectangular metal blade and a long handle, used for digging. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPADE — spade BrE AmE speɪd ▷ spades speɪdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPADE — (~s) 1. A ~ is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle. ... …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPADE — (PERSON) [noun] [C] [dated] taboo - a black personI heard that police officer call black people niggers and spades - …
Cambridge English vocab
SPADE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPADE — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Texas (TX) Total Population (2000): 100 Total Housing Units (2000): 49 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
SPADE — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DIG 2, dig out, excavate, scoop, shovel 2 Synonyms: DIG 1, ||delve, excavate, grub, shovel
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPADE — verb 1. Synonyms: dig 2, dig out, excavate, scoop, shovel 2. Synonyms: dig 1, ||delve, excavate, grub, shovel
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPADE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SPADE — noun 1 tool for digging ADJECTIVE ▪ garden ▪ There was a garden ~ in the shed. VERB + SPADE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPADE — Specification Processing And Dependency Extraction. Specification language. G.S. Boddy, ICL Mainframes Div, FLAG/UD/3DR.003
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SPADE — spadu
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
SPADE — an acronym for the people that could be involved in the Decision Making Process (DMU) = Suggester, Purchaser, Advisor, Decision …
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
SPADE — (сленг) черномазый, цветной (об африканце или вестиндце)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPADE — Лопата
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

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