blade (bl d)n.1. The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool. 2. a. A sword. b. A swordsman. 3. Archaeology A slender, sharp-edged flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide. 4. A dashing youth. 5. a. A flat thin part or section, especially one that makes contact to perform a desired action: the blade of an oar; the blade of a hockey stick. b. An arm of a rotating mechanism: the blade of a propeller; the blade of food processor. c. A long, thin, often curved piece, as of metal or rubber, used for plowing, clearing, or wiping. 6. The metal runner of an ice skate. 7. A wide flat bone or bony part. 8. The flat upper surface of the tongue just behind the tip. 9. Botany a. The expanded part of a leaf or petal. b. The leaf of grasses or similar plants. intr.v. blad·ed, blad·ing, blades To skate on in-line skates.
[Middle English, from Old English blæd; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.]
blad ed adj. |
blade Noun 1. the part of a sharp weapon, tool, or knife, that forms the cutting edge 2. the thin flattish part of a propeller, oar, or fan 3. the flattened part of a leaf, sepal, or petal 4. the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant [Old English blæd]
blade (bl d)1. a. The expanded part of a leaf or petal. Also called lamina. See more at leaf. b. The leaf of grasses and similar plants. 2. A stone tool consisting of a slender, sharp-edged, unserrated flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide. Blade tools were developed late in the stone tool tradition, after core and flake tools, and were probably used especially as knives. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | 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 grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" | | 4. | blade - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guardbacksword - 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 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 sword, steel, blade, brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
Translations blade [bleɪd] n → hoja (= cutting edge); filo;
blade [bleɪd] n → lame f [ of oar]; plat m [ of propeller]; pale f;
blade [bleɪd] n ( of knife etc) → Klinge f; ( of oar, propeller) → Blatt nt;
blade [bleɪd] n → lama; [ of oar] → pala;
bladen blade [bleid]1 the cutting part of a knife etc His penknife has several different blades. lem شَفْرَه острие čepel blad die Klinge λεπίδα hoja, filo tera تیغه terä lame לָהַב पत्ती oštrica penge mata pisau blað lama 刃 칼날 ašmenys (naža) asmens mata pisau lemmet (kniv)blad ostrze lâmina lamă лезвие čepeľ klina sečivo blad ใบมีด ağız 刀刃 лезо چاقو وغیرہ کا پھل ، بلیڈ lưỡi (dao, kiếm) 刀刃 2 the flat part of a leaf etc a blade of grass. blaar, grashalm وَرَقَةُ عُشْب лист, стрък stéblo blad das Blatt, der Halm το επίπεδο τμήμα ενός φύλλου brizna lehelaba پهن برگ lehtilapa limbe, brin (d'herbe) עָלֶה עֵשֶׂב फलक vlat szál sehelai grasstrá; blaðka filo 葉 잎사귀 laiškas (zāles) stiebrs lai blaadje blad źdźbło fio fir (de iarbă) былинка, лист čepeľ (listu) bilka vlat blad, []strå ส่วนที่บางของใบไม้ aya 葉片 травинка پتے کا چپٹا حاصہ phiến lá 叶片 3 the flat part of an oar. blad طَرَفُ المِجْدافِ العَريض перка за гребло lopatka (vesla) åreblad das Blatt παλάμη κουπιού pala aerulaba قسمت پهن؛ پهنه lapa pale לָהַב הַמָשוֹט धार lopatica vesla lapát ujung dayung blað pala オールの水かき 노깃 mentė (aira) lāpstiņa daun blad (åre)blad pióro pá paletă лопасть list (vesla) lopatasti del vesla lopata årblad ส่วนที่บางของไม้พาย pala 槳片 лопать چپو کا چپٹا حصہ mái chèo 桨片
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