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Blade

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Noun

1. blade, leaf blade

especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

2. blade

a dashing young man

Example Sentences:
'gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures'

3. blade

something long and thin resembling a blade of grass

Example Sentences:
'a blade of lint on his suit'

4. blade, brand, steel, sword

a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

5. blade

a cut of beef from the shoulder blade

6. blade

a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

7. blade

the part of the skate that slides on the ice

8. blade, vane

flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

9. blade

the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blade

see synonyms of blade
noun
1. 
the part of a sharp weapon, tool, etc, that forms the cutting edge
2. (plural) Australian and New Zealand
hand shears used for shearing sheep
3. 
the thin flattish part of various tools, implements, etc, as of a propeller, turbine, etc
4. 
the flattened expanded part of a leaf, sepal, or petal
5. 
the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant
6. 
the striking surface of a bat, club, stick, or oar
7. 
the metal runner on an ice skate
8. archaeology
a long thin flake of flint, possibly used as a tool
9. 
the upper part of the tongue lying directly behind the tip
10. archaic
a dashing or swaggering young man
11.  short for shoulder blade
12.  a poetic word for a sword, swordsman

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Blade

see synonyms of blade
noun
1. 
a. 
the leaf of a plant, esp. of grass
b. 
the flat, expanded part of a leaf; lamina
2. 
a. 
a broad, flat section or surface, as of an oar, propeller arm, or rotary vane
b. 
the propeller arm or rotary vane itself
3. 
a flat bone
the shoulder blade
4. 
the cutting part of a tool, instrument, or weapon
5. 
the metal runner of an ice skate
6. 
a sword
7. 
a swordsman
8.  OLD-FASHIONED
a dashing young man
: usually in the phrase gay blade
9.  Phonetics
the flat part of the tongue, behind the tip
adjective
10. 
designating or of a chop, roast, etc., as of beef or veal, that is cut across the shoulder blade section

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blade

see synonyms of blade
n.
1. The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.
2.
a. A sword.
b. A swordsman.
3. Archaeology A slender, sharp-edged flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide.
4. A dashing youth.
5.
a. A flat thin part or section, especially one that makes contact to perform a desired action: the blade of an oar; the blade of a hockey stick.
b. An arm of a rotating mechanism: the blade of a propeller; the blade of a food processor.
c. A long, thin, often curved piece, as of metal or rubber, used for plowing, clearing, or wiping.
6. The metal runner of an ice skate.
7. A wide flat bone or bony part.
8. The flat upper surface of the tongue just behind the tip.
9. Botany
a. The expanded part of a leaf or petal.
b. The leaf of grasses or similar plants.
intr.v. blad·ed, blad·ing, blades
To skate on in-line skates.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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