blade
//bleɪd//
Forms
- Plural
- blades
- present (v1)
- blade
- past (v2)
- bladed
- past participle (v3)
- bladed
- present participle
- blading
- 3rd person singular
- blades
Definitions
1.The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
2.The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
3.The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
4.The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
1.To skate on rollerblades.(informal)
- Want to go blading with me later in the park?
2.To furnish with a blade.
3.To put forth or have a blade.
- As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.
4.To stab with a blade
- The gang member got bladed in a fight.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3631
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
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