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BLADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
cutting implement (a tool used for cutting or slicing)
Meronyms (parts of "blade"):
cutting edge; knife edge (the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blade"):
knife blade (the blade of a knife)
razorblade (a blade that has very sharp edge)
Holonyms ("blade" is a part of...):
ax; axe (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle)
knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)
lawn mower; mower (garden tool for mowing grass on lawns)
pair of scissors; scissors (an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades)
spatula (a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances)
spatula (a turner with a narrow flexible blade)
blade; brand; steel; sword (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
Synonyms:
blade; vane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
rotating mechanism (a mechanism that rotates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blade"):
fan blade (blade of a rotating fan)
impeller (the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine))
paddle (a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel)
rudder blade (the vertical blade on a rudder)
Holonyms ("blade" is a part of...):
aerogenerator; wind generator; windmill (generator that extracts usable energy from winds)
turbine (rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate)
propeller; propellor (a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water)
oar (an implement used to propel or steer a boat)
chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The part of the skate that slides on the ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
runner (device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along)
Holonyms ("blade" is a part of...):
ice skate (skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Synonyms:
blade; brand; steel; sword
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
Meronyms (parts of "blade"):
hilt (the handle of a sword or dagger)
haft; helve (the handle of a weapon or tool)
forte (the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible)
foible (the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip)
blade (the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blade"):
backsword (a sword with only one cutting edge)
broadsword (a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab)
cavalry sword; saber; sabre (a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back)
cutlas; cutlass (a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors)
falchion (a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point)
fencing sword (a sword used in the sport of fencing)
rapier; tuck (a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges)
Instance hyponyms:
Excalibur (the legendary sword of King Arthur)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blade"):
vane; web (the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A cut of beef from the shoulder blade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
cut of beef (cut of meat from beef cattle)
Holonyms ("blade" is a part of...):
chuck (the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
Example:
a blade of lint on his suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
ribbon; thread (any long object resembling a thin line)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A dashing young man
Example:
gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Sense 9
Meaning:
Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
Synonyms:
blade; leaf blade
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blade" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Context examples:
Why, now that you mention it, sir, I did ’ear somethin’; but on a night like this, when all these London blades are in the village—
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Any device that resembles a small leaf, especially one that has two thin blades hinged in the center.
(Leaflet Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
I was looking through the glasses, and I saw the oar-blade shatter as he shot.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A second less and the trenchant blade had shorne through his heart.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
His wrenched shoulder-blade, untreated and unrested, went from bad to worse, till finally Hal shot him with the big Colt’s revolver.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Meg obediently following the long grass-blade which her new tutor used to point with, read slowly and timidly, unconsciously making poetry of the hard words by the soft intonation of her musical voice.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He tried to get in with the blade of a very small penknife.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I saw the flash of the blade quite distinctly.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These owl-inspired leading edge serrations, if applied to wind turbine blades, aircraft wings or drone rotors, could provide a useful biomimetic design for flow control and noise reduction.
(Owls' Wings Key to Beating Wind Turbine Noise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The frozen particles of ice, brushed from the blades of grass by the wind, and borne across my face; the hard clatter of the horse's hoofs, beating a tune upon the ground; the stiff-tilled soil; the snowdrift, lightly eddying in the chalk-pit as the breeze ruffled it; the smoking team with the waggon of old hay, stopping to breathe on the hill-top, and shaking their bells musically; the whitened slopes and sweeps of Down-land lying against the dark sky, as if they were drawn on a huge slate!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
