blade

noun28

1. •
   the thin, sharp metal part of a knife or a sword that does the cutting
2. •
   Ellipsis of razor blade.
3. •
   Synonym of knifeblade.
4. •
   The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
5. •
   The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
6. •
   The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
7. •
   The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
8. •
   The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
9. •
   A sword or knife.

   • 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. — 1984
10. •
    A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
11. •
    Thin plate, foil.
12. •
    One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
13. •
    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.
14. •
    A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
15. •
    (informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
16. •
    A cleat on a shoe, particularly one that is longer and thinner than a stud.
17. •
    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.
18. •
    A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
19. •
    Ellipsis of blade server.
20. •
    The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
21. •
    (old-fashioned) A dashing young man.

    • He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade — 1834
22. •
    A football boot equipped with blade-type cleats.
23. •
    (US, slang) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
24. •
    A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
25. •
    [in the plural] The principal rafters of a roof.
26. •
    The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.

    • He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.
27. •
    (US, slang) A homosexual, usually male.
28. •
    An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)

verb5

1. •
   (informal) To skate on rollerblades.

   • Want to go blading with me later in the park?
2. •
   To stab with a blade

   • The gang member got bladed in a fight.
3. •
   (slang) To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding.
4. •
   To furnish with a blade.
5. •
   (literary) To put forth or have a blade.

   • As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. — 1633

noun1

1. •
   Someone connected with Sheffield United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.