Blade
WordNet
noun
(1) The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
(2) Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
(3) The part of the skate that slides on the ice
(4) A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
(5) A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
(6) A cut of beef from the shoulder blade
(7) Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
"A blade of lint on his suit"
(8) A dashing young man
"Gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
(9) Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
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Etymology
blæd ‘leaf’, from Germanic *bladaz. Cognate with Danish and Dutch blad, German Blatt ‘leaf’, probably with Latin folium too.
Noun
- The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade.
- The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The flat part of the tongue.
- A sword or knife.
- A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- A dashing young man.
- A homosexual, usually male.
- Thin plate, foil.