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blade Definition

blade (blād)

noun

    1. the leaf of a plant, esp. of grass
    2. the flat, expanded part of a leaf; lamina
    1. a broad, flat section or surface, as of an oar, propeller arm, or rotary vane
    2. the propeller arm or rotary vane itself
  3. a flat bone the shoulder blade
  4. the cutting part of a tool, instrument, or weapon
  5. the metal runner of an ice skate
  6. a sword
  7. a swordsman
  8. Old-fashioned a dashing young man
  9. Phonet. the flat part of the tongue, behind the tip

Etymology: ME blad < OE blæd, a leaf < IE *bhlē-, var. of base *bhel-, to swell, sprout: see bloom

adjective

designating or of a chop, roast, etc., as of beef or veal, that is cut across the shoulder blade section

blade Related Forms
blad′ed adjective
blade Synonyms

blade

n.

  1. A cutting instrument

    edge, cutting edge, knife, sword; see knife, razor, sword.

  2. A relatively long leaf

    frond, spear, flag, shoot, lamina; see also leaf 1.

blade Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • grass: Beneath his feet were blades of grass, he watered with my blood.
  • knife: I saw the blade of the knife in Ager's hand.
  • sword: The blade of the sword bears the letters " A. Mc.

Converse of object

  • sharpen: To sharpen the blade, hold the handle in the right hand.
  • rotate: Rotary lawn mowers Back to top A rotary lawn mower cuts the grass using a rotating blade ( I kid you not ).
  • whirl: And it's not exactly a safe job, to service those whirling blades... .
  • curve: Very slowly he turned his head, and found himself looking up the slightly curved blade of a Servii saber.

Adjective modifier

  • serrated: It provides a choice of straight or serrated knife blades.
  • sharp: Trim off with a very sharp blade just below a leaf joint.
  • coated: The PTFE coated blade is available as anvil or bypass and the tool has 10 year guarantee.
  • stainless: Durable glass-reinforced nylon handles provide a sure grip for working with the 420 stainless steel blade.
  • spinning: The part near the end where The Doctor is walking through the spinning blades, it's wonderful.
  • rotary: Features a hygenic chrome plated safety head and stainless steel rotary blades that rev up to 7800 rpm to cut hair hassle free.

Modifies a noun

  • server: The Niagara blade servers are due in the summer of 2006, he said.

Noun used with modifier

  • razor: Lou pulls out the razor blade she has hidden in her shoe.
  • rotor: Chances are he saw a rotor blade closely followed by his ass flying past his shoulder blades.
  • wiper: In fact, Haynes Manuals list wiper blades in the section on weekly checks for your vehicle.
  • shoulder: Begin the exercise by lifting the shoulder blades slowly upwards.
  • carbide: The quality scraper has a long lasting tungsten carbide blade and is supplied with a universal hose connector.
  • scalpel: You will need a really sharp scalpel blade or scissors to cut it without tearing.
blade Quotes

Jolly boating weather And a hay-harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees; Swing, swing together, With your body between your knees.

—Cory,William originally  WilliamJohnson

His blade struck the watera full second before any other†until, as the boats began to near the winning post his ownwas dipping inthe water twiceas fast as anyother.

—Coke, F T Desmond

To fight for the right, to abhor the imperfect, the unjust, or the mean, to swerve neither to the right hand nor the left, to care nothing for flattery or applause or odium or abuseöit is so easy to have any of them in Indiaönever to let your enthusiasm be soured or your courage grow dim but to remember that the Almighty has placed your hand on the greatest of his ploughs, in whose furrow the nations of the future are germinating and taking shape, to drive the blade a little forward in your time and to feel that somewhere among those millions you have left, a little justice, or happiness or prosperity, a sense of manliness or moral dignity, a springof patriotism, a dawn of intellectual enlightenmentora stirringofduty whereit did not exist beforeöthat is enough, that is the Englishman's justification in India.

—Curzon (of Kedleston), Lord George Nathaniel

La famille des Bourbons est un poignard que l'e¤  tranger en1814 a laisse¤   dans le c½ur de la France: changez le manche comme il vous plaira, dorez la lame si vous voulez, le poignard reste poignard. The Bourbon family is a dagger whichthe foreigner left in the heart of France in1814: changethe haft if you please, gild the blade if you will, the dagger remains a dagger.

—Quinet, Edgar

O he's a ranting roving blade! O he's a brisk and a bonnie lad! Betide what may, my heart isglad To see my lad wi' his white cockade.

—Anonymous

Puisque ceux qui avaient le devoir de manier l'e¤  pe¤  e de la France l'ont laisse¤  e tomber brise¤  e, moi, j'ai ramasse¤   le tron c° on du glaive. Since those whose duty it was to wield the sword of Francehave let it fall shattered totheground,Ihavetaken up the broken blade.

—de Gaulle, Charles