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Definitions for Blade
[1] the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
[2] a sword, rapier, or the like.
[3] a similar part, as of a mechanism, used for clearing, wiping, scraping, etc.: the blade of a windshield wiper; the blade of a bulldozer.
[4] the arm of a propeller or other similar rotary mechanism, as an electric fan or turbine.
[5] Botany . the leaf of a plant, especially of a grass or cereal. the broad part of a leaf, as distinguished from the stalk or petiole.
[6] the metal part of an ice skate that comes into contact with the ice.
[7] a thin, flat part of something, as of an oar or a bone: shoulder blade.
[8] Archaic . a dashing, swaggering, or jaunty young man: a gay blade from the nearby city.
[9] a swordsman.
[10] Phonetics . the foremost and most readily flexible portion of the tongue, including the tip and implying the upper and lower surfaces and edges. the upper surface of the tongue directly behind the tip, lying beneath the alveolar ridge when the tongue is in a resting position.
[11] the elongated hind part of a fowl's single comb.
[12] the part of a sharp weapon, tool, etc, that forms the cutting edge
[13] (plural) Australian and NZ hand shears used for shearing sheep
[14] the thin flattish part of various tools, implements, etc, as of a propeller, turbine, etc
[15] the flattened expanded part of a leaf, sepal, or petal
[16] the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant
[17] the striking surface of a bat, club, stick, or oar
[18] the metal runner on an ice skate
[19] archaeol a long thin flake of flint, possibly used as a tool
[20] the upper part of the tongue lying directly behind the tip
[21] archaic a dashing or swaggering young man
[22] short for shoulder blade
[23] a poetic word for a sword, swordsman
Words related to Blade
sword, knife, brand, edge, shank, cutlass
Words nearby Blade
bladdernut, bladderpod, bladderwort, bladderwrack, bladdery, blade, blade grader, blade slap, blade-shearing, bladebone, bladed
Origin of Blade
before 1000; Middle English; Old English blæd blade of grass; cognate with Dutch blad, Old Norse blath, German Blatt; akin to blow3
Other words from Blade
blade·less , adjective
mul·ti·blade , noun
un·blade , verb (used with object), un·blad·ed, un·blad·ing.
Word origin for Blade
Old English blæd ; related to Old Norse blath leaf, Old High German blat , Latin folium leaf