spaded
Turned the garden
Spaded is the past tense of spade, meaning dug or turned earth with a spade—a flat-bladed digging tool: He spaded the garden before planting.
In card games, spaded can describe being dealt or playing spades: She spaded her way through the trick.
The verb also means to call something plainly, from the idiom call a spade a spade.
Tool for moving earth
- excavateRemove earth systematically
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- soilGround matter for planting
hole · unearth · burrow · spadeful · dirt · groundwork · trowel · archaeology
Ground matter for planting
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- mulchProtective plant bedding
compost · turned · horticulture · transplanting · seedlings · weeding · fertilizer · landscaping
shovel
Tool for moving earth
soil · hole · unearth · burrow · spadeful · dirt · groundwork · trowel · archaeology · gravedigging
soil
Ground matter for planting
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- cultivationFostering growth through care
mulch · compost · turned · horticulture · transplanting · seedlings · weeding · fertilizer · landscaping · plot
suit
Matched formal garments
trick · finesse · ace · black · pips · deck · played · led · followed · void
spadedrototilled
Mechanically turned soil
harrowed · mechanized · untilled · uncultivated · undug
- ace of spadesPointed black trump
- queen of spadesHighest-ranking female spade
- in spadesTo an extreme degree
- calls a spade a spadeUses direct, unvarnished language
- king of spadesRoyal card, pointed suit
- jack of spadesFace card, dark suit