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:
bladesOrigin of Blade
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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
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Middle English from Old English blæd bhel-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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