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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
/ ²ú±ô±ðɪ»å /
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
- archaic.a dashing or swaggering young man
- short for shoulder blade
blade
/ ²ú±ôÄå»å /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú±ô²¹»å±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú±ô²¹»å±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³¾³Ü±ô·³Ù¾±Â·²ú±ô²¹»å±ð noun
- ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ô²¹»å±ð verb (used with object) unbladed unblading
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blade1
Example Sentences
There was crispy white carpet in rooms featuring iconic design pieces from the Italian design house Gufram, including the Pratone lounge chair in the vibrant shape and color of oversized blades of grass.
She said: "I had my tiny mushroom foraging knife. That's all. It has a lock blade but I don't think I even got it out."
Midwives resorted to cutting the umbilical cords of newborn babies with a razor blade, the string from a facemask serving to tie them off, Glia medical aid coordinator Dorotea Gucciardo told Salon in October.
It was also discovered that Saadi had an interest in true crime and was "fascinated" with knives, having bought six blades from websites.
Lord Mulholland told the young killer that using a blade on someone was a "cowardly" and that it was a "lottery" if the person survived.
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