blade Meaning & Definition
What Does Blade Mean?
Blade is used as a noun meaning The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. A sword or knife. Ellipsis of razor blade. It is also used to mean A sword or knife. As a verb, it means To skate on rollerblades. As a verb, it means To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.
Quick Facts About Blade
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //bleɪd// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | brand, steel and sword |
| Plural | blades |
| Verb forms | blades, blading, bladed |
Blade Definition (Noun)
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. A sword or knife. Ellipsis of razor blade.
- A sword or knife.
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- 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.
- A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- A dashing young man.
- A homosexual, usually male.
- An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- Thin plate, foil.
- One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- The principal rafters of a roof.
- 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.
- Ellipsis of blade server.
- Synonym of knifeblade.
- An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A cleat on a shoe, particularly one that is longer and thinner than a stud.
- A football boot equipped with blade-type cleats.
- The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.
- ↑ 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
- ↑ 1880, Leo de Colange, The American Dictionary of Commerce […]
Blade as a Verb
- To skate on rollerblades.
Want to go blading with me later in the park?
- To furnish with a blade.
- To put forth or have a blade.
- To stab with a blade
The gang member got bladed in a fight.
- To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding.
Noun
- The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.
- The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- Airfoil in windmills and windturbines.
- A blade server.
Verb
- To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.
Noun
- A kind of piton used in thin cracks.
Synonyms of Blade
Blade synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Blade
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Blade in a Sentence
He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.
Want to go blading with me later in the park?
The gang member got bladed in a fight.
Word Forms & Grammar
blade (plural blades)
blade (third-person singular simple present blades, present participle blading, simple past and past participle bladed)
Words That Rhyme With Blade
Origin of Blade
Origin 1: 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”).
Origin 2: 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.
Pronouncing Blade
The standard pronunciation of blade is //bleɪd//, spoken in 1 syllable.
Blade: Your Questions Answered
Is blade a noun or a verb?
Blade is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is another word for blade?
You can replace blade with words such as brand, steel and sword. See the full list of blade synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of blade?
The plural of blade is blades.
What is the past tense of blade?
The past tense of blade is bladed. The present participle is blading.