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blade¹
- /bleɪd/
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”).
Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.
noun blades
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.
- A sword or knife. Paul: Give the Harkonnen a blade and let him stand forth. Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with my blade in his hand.
- Ellipsis of razor blade
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc. Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
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The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
Similar: lamina
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- A dashing young man. He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;
- A homosexual, usually male.
- An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- Thin plate, foil.
- One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- The principal rafters of a roof.
- The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- Ellipsis of blade server
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Synonym of knifeblade.
Similar: knifeblade
- An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A cleat on a shoe, particularly one that is longer and thinner than a stud. They were 'Adidas Flanker' rugby shoes with six front and two heel studs; 'Puma King Pro' with four front and two heel studs; two 'Blades' boots, namely 'Mudrunner', with six front blades and four-crossed heel blades[…]
- A football boot equipped with blade-type cleats. Bruce Barry, principal lecturer in biomechanics at the institute, says: "I was very sceptical at first, but when I tested them, there was no doubt about it - you could see the players were faster in blades."
- The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor. He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.
verb blades · blading · bladed
- To skate on rollerblades. Want to go blading with me later in the park?
- To furnish with a blade.
- To put forth or have a blade. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.
- To stab with a blade The gang member got bladed in a fight.
- To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding. Nowadays, blading happens on occasion in a televised match and more often on pay-per-view but the practice isn't used as much for several reasons, among them an increased awareness of the transmission of AIDS has made blading more dangerous.
Blade²
noun Blades
- Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sword, vane, brand, steel, leaf blade, knife, shiv, bladed, razor, axe, dagger, sabre, cutter, pin, shank, brush
Translations
Every language
noun typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
| Español | cuchilla, hoja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 날 nal |
| 日本語 | 刃 ha, ブレード burēdo |
| 中文 | 刃 rèn, 刀身 dāoshēn, 刀片 dāopiàn |
| हिन्दी | ब्लेड bleḍ |
| Português | lâmina, fio, gume |
| Français | lame |
| Deutsch | Klinge |
| Italiano | lama |
| Ελληνικά | λεπίδα lepída |
| Română | lamă |
| Русский | ле́звие lézvije |
| Tiếng Việt | lưỡi |
| العربية | شَفْرَة šafra, نَصْل naṣl |
| עברית | לַהַב láhav |
noun airfoil in windmills and windturbines
| Español | pala, aspa |
|---|---|
| Português | pá |
| Deutsch | Turbinenschaufel |
| Русский | крыло́ kryló, ло́пасть lópastʹ |
| العربية | نَصْل naṣl |
noun flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
| Español | pala, aleta, hoja, paleta, álabe |
|---|---|
| Português | pá, aleta |
| Italiano | pala |
| Ελληνικά | παλάμη palámi, πτερύγιο pterýgio |
| Русский | ло́пасть lópastʹ |
noun narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
| Español | brizna, brinza |
|---|---|
| Português | folha |
| Français | brin |
| Deutsch | Grashalm |
noun the flat part of a leaf or petal
| Español | hoja, lámina, limbo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잎 ip, 잎사귀 ipsagwi |
| 中文 | 葉片 /叶片 yèpiàn |
| हिन्दी | पत्ती pattī |
| Português | limbo |
| Deutsch | Klinge |
| Italiano | filo |
| Ελληνικά | φύλλο fýllo |
| Русский | лист list, трави́нка travínka |
| עברית | טָרָף taráf |
noun a weapon such as a dagger
| Español | cuchillo, espada |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 刀 dāo |
| Português | lâmina |
| Français | lame |
| Русский | клино́к klinók, перо́ peró, кинжа́л kinžál, нож nož |
noun one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera
| Español | lámina |
|---|
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title = {blade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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