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noun
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.
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.
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
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.
The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
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.
As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.
To stab with a blade
The gang member got bladed in a fight.
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
Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.