n. | 1. | |
1. | 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. | The cutting part of an instrument; | |
3. | The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller. | |
4. | The scapula or shoulder blade. | |
5. | (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. | |
6. | (Com.) 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. | A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; - a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. | |
8. | The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip, or point. | |
v. t. | 1. | To furnish with a blade. |
v. i. | 1. | To put forth or have a blade. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: leaf blade |
2. | blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures" | |
3. | blade - something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit" | |
4. | blade - a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade | |
5. | blade - a cut of beef from the shoulder blade | |
6. | blade - a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) | |
7. | blade - the part of the skate that slides on the ice | |
8. | blade - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water Synonyms: vane | |
9. | blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge |