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English

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Band sawblades
Knifeblades

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishblade,blad, fromOld Englishblæd(“leaf”), fromProto-West Germanic*blad, fromProto-Germanic*bladą, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from*bʰleh₃-(“to thrive, bloom”).

See alsoWest Frisianbled,Dutchblad,GermanBlatt,Danishblad,Irishbláth(“flower”),Welshblodyn(“flower”),Tocharian Apält,Tocharian Bpilta(“leaf”),Albanianfletë(“leaf”). Similar usage in GermanSägeblatt(“saw blade”, literally“saw leaf”).Doublet ofblat. More atblow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blade (pluralblades)

  2. The (typically sharp-edged) part of aknife,sword,razor, or othertool with which itcuts.
    • 1904, Great Britain. War Office,Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia): 1904, page100:
      Sword. — Theblade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.
    1. (metonymic) Asword orknife.
      • 1984, 2:08:29 from the start, inDune‎[1] (Science Fiction),→OCLC:
        Paul: Give the Harkonnen ablade and let him stand forth.
        Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with myblade in his hand.
    2. Ellipsis ofrazor blade.
  3. The flat functional end or piece of apropeller,oar,hockey stick,chisel,screwdriver,skate, etc.
    • 2013 July-August,Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, inAmerican Scientist:
      Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latinturbo, meaningvortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns theblades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
  4. The narrowleaf of agrass orcereal.
  5. (botany) The thin, flat part of a plantleaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
    Synonym:lamina
  6. A flat bone, especially theshoulder blade.
  7. Acut ofbeef from near the shoulder blade (part of thechuck).
  8. (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of thetongue just behind thetip, used to makelaminal consonants.
  9. (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a longflake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
  10. (ultimate frisbee) Athrow characterized by a tightparabolictrajectory due to a steeplateralattitude.
  11. (sailing) Therudder,daggerboard, orcenterboard of a vessel.
  12. Abulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
  13. (dated) Adashing young man.
    • 1834 [1799],Samuel Taylor Coleridge,Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, inThe Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering,page85:
      He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesomeblade;
    • 1832,The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page189:
      But very often blust'ringblades / AreJerry Sneaks at home.
    • 1948,Jack Lait,Lee Mortimer,New York: Confidential!, Crown, published1951,page94:
      Vice does not thrive here, because the youngblades seek it elsewhere.
    • 2009,Amanda Vickery,Behind Closed Doors, Yale University Press, page77:
      Youngblades were expected to kick over the traces and skirt disaster, before they graduated to matrimonial housekeeping.
  14. (slang, chiefly US) Ahomosexual, usuallymale.
  15. (slang, chiefly US) Anarea of acity which iscommonly known forprostitution.
  16. Thinplate,foil.
  17. (photography) One of a series of smallplates that make up theaperture or theshutter of a camera.
  18. (architecture, in theplural) The principalrafters of aroof.[1]
  19. (biology) The four largeshell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of thecarapace of thesea turtle, which yield the besttortoise shell.[2]
  20. (computing)Ellipsis ofblade server.
  21. (climbing)Synonym ofknifeblade.
  22. (mathematics) Anexterior product ofvectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, ascalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product ofk vectors may be called ak-blade.)
    Holonym:multivector
  23. The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
    Coordinate term:bow
  24. (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-downquestion mark.
    Coordinate terms:bladerunner,blade jumper,leaf spring
  25. (uncountable, music) The quality ofsinging with apure,resonant sound; especially of acountertenor.
    He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots ofblade.

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Translations

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typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool
a weapon such as a dagger
flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate
airfoil in windmills and windturbines
narrow leaf of a grass or cereal
the flat part of a leaf or petal
cut of beef
dashing young man
thin plate, foil
one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera
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References

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  1. ^1849-1850,John Weale,Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
  2. ^1880, Leo de Colange,The American Dictionary of Commerce […]

Verb

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blade (third-person singular simple presentblades,present participleblading,simple past and past participlebladed)

  1. (informal) To skate onrollerblades.
    Want to goblading with me later in the park?
  2. (transitive) To furnish with a blade.
  3. (intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
    • 1633,Phineas Fletcher, “Elisa”, inPiscatorie Eclogues and other Poetical Miscellanies:
      As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' gardenbladed.
  4. (transitive) Tostab with a blade
    The gang member gotbladed in a fight.
  5. (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provokebleeding.

Derived terms

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Translations

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(informal) to skate on rollerblades

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishblade, fromMiddle Englishblade.Doublet ofblad.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bleːd/
  • Hyphenation:blade

Noun

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blade m (pluralblades,nodiminutive)

  1. (sports, chiefly plural) arunningblade(prosthetic limb used for running)

Middle English

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Noun

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blade

  1. alternative form ofblad

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbla.dɛ/
  • Rhymes:-adɛ
  • Syllabification:bla‧de

Adjective

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blade

  1. inflection ofblady:
    1. neuternominative/accusative/vocativesingular
    2. nonvirilenominative/accusative/vocativeplural
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