blade
- blade
- n.
1 a the flat part of a knife, chisel, etc., that forms the cutting edge. b = razor-blade.
2 the flattened functional part of an oar, spade, propeller, bat, skate, etc.
3 a the flat, narrow, usu. pointed leaf of grass and cereals. b the whole of such plants before the ear is formed (in the blade). c Bot. the broad thin part of a leaf apart from the petiole.
4 (in full blade-bone) a flat bone, e.g. in the shoulder.
5 Archaeol. a long narrow flake (see FLAKE(1) 3).
6 poet. a sword.
7 colloq. (usu. archaic) a carefree young fellow.
Derivatives:
bladed adj. (also in comb.).
Etymology: OE blaeligd f. Gmc
Useful english dictionary.
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Blade — (bl[=a]d), n. [OE. blade, blad, AS. bl[ae]d leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. bla[eth], OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. fy llon. The root is prob. the same as that of AS. bl[=o]wan, E. blow, to blossom. See {Blow} to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blade — S3 [bleıd] n [: Old English; Origin: blAd] 1.) the flat cutting part of a tool or weapon →↑edge blade of ▪ The blade of the knife flashed in the moonlight. ▪ a razor blade 2.) the flat wide part of an object that pushes against air or wate … Dictionary of contemporary English
blade — [blād] n. [ME blad < OE blæd, a leaf < IE * bhlē , var. of base * bhel , to swell, sprout: see BLOOM1] 1. a) the leaf of a plant, esp. of grass b) the flat, expanded part of a leaf; lamina 2. a) … English World dictionary
Blade — (bl[=a]d), v. t. To furnish with a blade. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
