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spaded

spaded is the simple past and past participle of spade.

Meaning of spade

Verb

spade (third-person singular simple present spades, present participle spading, simple past and past participle spaded)

  1. To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
  2. To move with a spade, or as with a spade.
    • ‘Le baccarat,’ intoned the croupier as he spaded the thick chips over the table to Bond.1953, Ian Fleming, “Moment of Truth”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 78

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Verb capitalized: SPADed

SPADed

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of SPAD

Questions about spaded

What is spaded the simple past and past participle of?
Spaded is the simple past and past participle of spade.
What part of speech is spaded?
Spaded is a verb.

Words near spaded in the dictionary

  1. spadeas
  2. spadebill
  3. spadebills
  4. spadebone
  5. spadebones
  6. spaded
  7. spadefeet
  8. spadefish
  9. spadefishes
  10. spadefoot
  11. spadefoot toad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spaded (page history and authors); SPADed (page history and authors); spade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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