blading

blade  (bld)

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.]

---

bladed adj.

---

blading

n

(Individual Sports, other than specified) the act or an instance of skating with in-line skates