blade
B2Meanings
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noun
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
The blade of lint on your suit is very noticeable.
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noun
a dashing young man
gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
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noun
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.
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noun
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
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noun
A dashing young man.
He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;
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noun
The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.
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verb
To skate on rollerblades.
Want to go blading with me later in the park?
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verb
To put forth or have a blade.
As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.
Etymology
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…