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   blade

   /bleɪd/

   noun

   • 1. the flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon: "cut cleanly using a sharp blade"
   • ▪ a sword. literary
   • ▪ hand shears used in sheep shearing. Australian, New Zealand
   • ▪ a long, narrow flake.
   • 2. the flat, wide section of an implement or device such as an oar or a propeller.
   • ▪ a thin, flat metal runner on an ice skate.
   • ▪ a prosthetic lower limb designed for athletes, consisting of a flattened length of carbon fibre with a long, curved section at the base: "Lydia is being taught to run on blades"
   • 3. a shoulder bone in a joint of meat, or the joint itself.
   • ▪ the flat part of the tongue behind the tip.
   • 4. a long, narrow leaf of grass or another similar plant: "a blade of grass"
   • ▪ the broad, thin part of a leaf apart from the stalk.
   • 5. a dashing or energetic young man: informal, dated "the director, a young blade in an oversized suit"

   verb

   • 1. skate using Rollerblades: informal US "she loves to run, bike, blade, and explore the city"

   Word Origin Old Englishblæd ‘leaf of a plant’ (also in blade (sense 2 of the noun)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch blad and German Blatt.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bladed adjective
   • 2. blader noun

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