blade

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Synonyms: glade, blaze, blase, blare, blate, blame, lade, clade, blake, bade, slade

Antonyms: glade, blaze, blase, blare, blate, blame, lade, clade, blake, bade, slade

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|knife}} The (typically sharp-edged) part of a [[knife]], [[sword]], [[razor]], or other [[tool]] with which it [[cut]]s.
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. {{lb|en|botany}} The thin, flat part of a plant [[leaf]], attached to a stem ([[petiole]]).
5. A flat bone, especially the [[shoulder blade]].
6. A [[cut]] of [[beef]] from near the shoulder blade (part of the [[chuck]]).
7. {{lb|en|chiefly|phonetics|phonology}} The part of the [[tongue]] just behind the [[tip]], used to make [[laminal]] consonants. {{C|en|Body parts}}
8. {{lb|en|archaeology}} 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.
9. {{lb|en|ultimate frisbee}} A [[throw]] characterized by a tight [[parabolic]] [[trajectory]] due to a steep [[lateral]] [[attitude]].
10. {{lb|en|sailing}} The [[rudder]], [[daggerboard]], or [[centerboard]] of a vessel.
11. A [[bulldozer]] or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
12. {{lb|en|dated}} A [[dashing]] young man.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|informal}} To skate on [[rollerblade]]s.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with a blade.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|poetic}} To put forth or have a blade.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[stab]] with a blade
5. {{lb|en|transitive|professional wrestling|slang}} To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke [[bleed]]ing.

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