blade

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The flat, sharp cutting part of a knife, sword, or tool.

   He sharpened the blade of his knife before cooking.

2. 2
   noun

   A flat part of something like a propeller, oar, or fan.

   One of the blades of the fan was bent.

3. 3
   noun

   A single thin, flat leaf of grass.

   A single blade of grass stuck to her shoe.

Common collocations

• razor blade Noun + noun
• rudder blade Noun + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). See also West Frisian bled, Dutch blad, German Blatt, Danish blad, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw…

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