spade, spayed

Spade or spade means a shovel with long handle and a pointed end--
Push the blade of the spade with your foot, and digging will be easier.
He left the spade out in the rain, and now it's rusty.

Spade is also one of the suits in a deck of cards--
You can't play a heart unless you don't have a spade.

Spayed or spayed ( rhymes with spade ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "spay", meaning to remove the ovaries of  a female animal so that she cannot have any young--
We had the cat spayed; it's too hard to find homes for kittens.
When you pay a fee to adopt an animal, it is because they have had it vaccinated and spayed or neutered.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Get the spade out of the garage, and fill in the holes the dog made before we had her spayed."

Note--"spay" is a verb ( action word )--
The vet is spaying our dog.
Our dog was spayed last week.
If the vet spays the dog, you won't have to worry about giving away any puppies.
Note # 2--"spade" is a noun ( thing or idea )--
There is a spade by the shed.
There are two spades by the shed.