meaning of spay

[Gemat]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #247 "Confusing Words test (20)", question 6

I have to buy a ......... because I want to grow a beautiful, vegetable garden this spring.

(a) spayed
(b) sped
(c) spade

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #247 "Confusing Words test (20)", answer 6

I have to buy a spade because I want to grow a beautiful, vegetable garden this spring.

Correct answer: (c) spade
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whats the mean of Spayed?

Gemat

[Conchita]

Definition
spay
verb [T]
to remove the ovaries of a female animal:
We're having the cat spayed.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)