💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spading"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| forknoun | Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: |
| spadeworknoun | (figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else. |
| spading forknoun | Synonym of digging fork. |
| spaidnoun | A surname. |
| spitverb | (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. |
| spudnoun | (informal) A potato. |
| spargefactionnoun | (obsolete, rare) The act of sprinkling. |
| spuddernoun | One who digs up weeds with a spud. |
| shovelnoun | A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots. |
| turf spadenoun | A long, narrow spade for cutting and digging turf. Various forms exist; some have a side wing at right angles for easily cutting rectangular blocks. |
| spade footnoun | The foot that is habitually used to put pressure on a spade when digging. |
| spaydenoun | Obsolete form of spade. [A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.] |
| graftnoun | (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. |
| spuddingnoun | (oil industry) The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling. |
| soddernoun | An agricultural implement for scooping or stripping a layer of topsoil and picking it up intact to lay it down as a cover growth or lawn elsewhere. |
| fallownoun | (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. |
| ploughingnoun | (agriculture) The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting. |
| flatbreakingnoun | The process of plowing an entire field to break up the soil prior to planting. |
| spittlenoun | Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration. |
| plowingnoun | Alternative form of ploughing. [(agriculture) The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.] |
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