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forknounAny of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
spadeworknoun(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
spading forknounSynonym of digging fork.
spaidnounA 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.
spuddernounOne who digs up weeds with a spud.
shovelnounA 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 spadenounA 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 footnounThe foot that is habitually used to put pressure on a spade when digging.
spaydenounObsolete 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.
soddernounAn 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.
flatbreakingnounThe process of plowing an entire field to break up the soil prior to planting.
spittlenounSpit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
plowingnounAlternative form of ploughing. [(agriculture) The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.]

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