Blade Definition

blād
bladed, blades, blading
noun
blades
The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.
American Heritage
The leaf of a plant, esp. of grass.
Webster's New World
The flat, expanded part of a leaf; lamina.
Webster's New World
A broad, flat section or surface, as of an oar, propeller arm, or rotary vane.
Webster's New World
A slender, sharp-edged flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To skate on in-line skates.
American Heritage

(informal) To skate on rollerblades.

Wiktionary
To furnish with a blade.
Wiktionary
(intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
Wiktionary
adjective
Designating or of a chop, roast, etc., as of beef or veal, that is cut across the shoulder blade section.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Blade

Noun

Singular:
blade
Plural:
blades

Origin of Blade

  • From Middle English, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (compare West Frisian bled, Dutch blad, German Blatt, Danish blad) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto (compare Irish bláth (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”)), from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Similar usage in Sägeblatt (“saw leaf”), the German term for a saw blade. More at blow.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English blæd bhel-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Blade Sentence Examples

  • I felt a sharp sting as the blade cut.

  • The ax blade went about an inch into the wood.

  • The blade of the dagger snapped in two.

  • It is somewhat like an axe reversed, the edge of the blade curving inward and placed at right angles to the handle.

  • The seeds are sown in April, on rich ground, which should not be too highly manured; the young larches are planted out when two years old, or sometimes transferred to a nursery bed to attain a larger size; but, like all conifers, they succeed best when planted young; on the mountains, the seedlings are usually put into a mere slit made in the ground by a spade with a triangular blade, the place being first cleared of any heath, bracken, or tall herbage that might smother the young tree; the plants should be from 3 to 4 ft.

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