blade

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

2. 2noun

   The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.

3. 3noun

   The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.

4. 4noun

   The scapula or shoulder blade.

5. 5noun

   The principal rafters of a roof.

6. 6noun

   The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.

7. 7noun

   A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.

8. 8transitive verb

   To furnish with a blade.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To put forth or have a blade.

10. 10noun

    the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

11. 11noun

    flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

    Synonyms

    vane
12. 12noun

    the part of the skate that slides on the ice

13. 13noun

    a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

    Synonyms

    brandsteelsword
14. 14noun

    a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

15. 15noun

    a cut of beef from the shoulder blade

16. 16noun

    something long and thin resembling a blade of grass

    "a blade of lint on his suit"

17. 17noun

    a dashing young man

    "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"

18. 18noun

    especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole