Other Definitions blade (enc)
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Blade| Noun | 1. | blade - especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiolefoliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | | | 2. | blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures" | | | 3. | blade - something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"ribbon, thread - any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" | | | 4. | blade - a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long bladebacksword - a sword with only one cutting edge blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge broadsword - a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab cutlas, cutlass - a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors Excalibur - the legendary sword of King Arthur falchion - a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point foible - the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip forte - the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger rapier, tuck - a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" tip, peak, point - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" | | | 5. | blade - a cut of beef from the shoulder bladechuck - the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade | | | 6. | blade - a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)web, vane - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft | | | 7. | blade - the part of the skate that slides on the iceice skate - skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along | | | 8. | blade - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or waterimpeller - the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine) oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat paddle - a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel turbine - rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | | | 9. | blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edgeax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle knife - edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle spatula - a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances spatula - a turner with a narrow flexible blade | |
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