English Explanatory Dictionary

blade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
  2. A sword or knife.
  3. Ellipsis of razor blade.
  4. The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
  5. The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
  6. The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
  7. A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
  8. A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
  9. The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
  10. A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
  11. A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
  12. The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
verb
  1. To skate on rollerblades.
  2. To furnish with a blade.
  3. To put forth or have a blade.
  4. To stab with a blade
  5. To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding.
noun
  1. Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Pronunciation

blād /bleɪd/ en-us-blade.ogg

Word forms

blade blades blading 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”). Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.

Synonyms

lamina knifeblade

Derived words

axeblade bladebone bladebreaker blade connector bladejob blade jumper bladeless bladelet bladelike blade of grass blade-out bladepoint bladerunner blade server blade sharpener bladesmith bladesmithing bladewise bladework blisk blucket brush blade doctor blade fan blade flat-blade screwdriver gay blade healing blade interblade lockblade microblade microblading multiblade nanoblade oar blade oyster blade oyster blade steak razor blade razor-blade razorblade reblade rollerblade sawblade shortblade shoulder blade shoulderblade shoulder-blade sideblade snowblade switchblade twayblade twiblade vibroblade warblade hydroblade

Translations

Albanian: teh Southern Altai: мис Arabic: شَفْرَة Arabic: نَصْل Arabic: نصلة Armenian: սայր Armenian: բերան Armenian: շեղբ Azerbaijani: tiyə Belarusian: лязо́ Breton: lavnenn Bulgarian: острие́ Burmese: ဓားပြား Catalan: fulla Chinese Mandarin: 刃 Chinese Mandarin: 刀身 Chinese Mandarin: 刀片 Czech: čepel Danish: blad Danish: klinge Dolgan: бии Dutch: blad Dutch: lemmet Dutch: kling Esperanto: klingo Esperanto: akraĵo Estonian: tera Farefare: bilete Faroese: blað Finnish: terä French: lame Friulian: lame Galician: folla Galician: coitela Georgian: პირი German: Klinge Greek: λεπίδα Ancient Greek: σπάθη Hebrew: לַהַב Hindi: ब्लेड Hungarian: penge Icelandic: blað Icelandic: egg Indonesian: bilah Ingrian: terä Interlingua: lamina Irish: lann Italian: lama Japanese: 刃 Japanese: ブレード Khmer: ផ្លែ Korean: 날 Central Kurdish: دەم
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