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blade
[bleyd]
noun
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
a sword, rapier, or the like.
a part of a tool or mechanism which is thin and flat with a tapered edge, used for clearing, wiping, scraping, etc..
the blade of a windshield wiper;
the blade of a bulldozer.
the arm of a propeller or other similar rotary mechanism, as an electric fan or turbine.
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.
the metal part of an ice skate that comes into contact with the ice.
a thin, flat part of something, as of an oar or a bone.
shoulder blade.
a prosthetic lower leg, primarily for athletes, ending in a curved strip of flexible carbon fiber that acts as an ankle and foot, allowing running and jumping.
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.
the elongated hind part of a fowl's single comb.
a swordsman.
Archaic.a dashing, swaggering, or jaunty young man.
a gay blade from the nearby city.
blade
/ ɪ /
noun
the part of a sharp weapon, tool, etc, that forms the cutting edge
(plural) hand shears used for shearing sheep
the thin flattish part of various tools, implements, etc, as of a propeller, turbine, etc
the flattened expanded part of a leaf, sepal, or petal
the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant
the striking surface of a bat, club, stick, or oar
the metal runner on an ice skate
archaeol a long thin flake of flint, possibly used as a tool
the upper part of the tongue lying directly behind the tip
archaica dashing or swaggering young man
short for shoulder blade
blade
The expanded part of a leaf or petal.
The leaf of grasses and similar plants.
A stone tool consisting of a slender, sharp-edged, unserrated flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide. Blade tools were developed late in the stone tool tradition, after core and flake tools, and were probably used especially as knives.
Other 51Թ Forms
- bladeless adjective
- multiblade noun
- unblade verb (used with object)
- ˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blade1
Example Sentences
"Now I want to look at every blade of grass, you want to know everything about everything. It's a journey not a destination."
Mr Coleman, who was laughing throughout, slashed the blade across the victim's face.
In her show, the slave slate known as Gilead is a veneer of perfection that’s fooling no one, “like a cake with a razor blade in it,” she says.
If a cannibalistic grifter catches little Ellie, you see his machete blade impale her.
The ban covers machetes, which are broadly defined as "knives with a cutting blade longer than 20cm".
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