<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.</li><li>Some implement, piece, or part resembling this.</li><li>A sharp projection on the bottom of a gun trail, designed to dig into the earth to restrict backward movement of the carriage during recoil.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) Spaded, spading: to dig, cut, or remove with a spade (sometimes followed by up): Let's spade up the garden and plant some flowers.</li></ul>