blade

UK /bleɪd/ US /bleɪd/
noun 6verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.

2

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

Paul: Give the Harkonnen a blade and let him stand forth. Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with my blade in his hand.

3

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

4

The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

5

The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

verb

1

To skate on rollerblades.

Want to go blading with me later in the park?

2

To furnish with a blade.

3

To put forth or have a blade.

As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.

4

To stab with a blade

The gang member got bladed in a fight.

5

To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding.

Nowadays, blading happens on occasion in a televised match and more often on pay-per-view but the practice isn't used as much for several reasons, among them an increased awareness of the transmission of AIDS has made blading more dangerous.

noun

1

Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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