Blade

English Meaning

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

1. The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.
2. A sword.
3. A swordsman.
4. Archaeology A slender, sharp-edged flake that is at least twice as long as it is wide.
5. A dashing youth.
6. A flat thin part or section, especially one that makes contact to perform a desired action: the blade of an oar; the blade of a hockey stick.
7. An arm of a rotating mechanism: the blade of a propeller; the blade of food processor.
8. A long, thin, often curved piece, as of metal or rubber, used for plowing, clearing, or wiping.
9. The metal runner of an ice skate.
10. A wide flat bone or bony part.
11. The flat upper surface of the tongue just behind the tip.
12. Botany The expanded part of a leaf or petal.
13. Botany The leaf of grasses or similar plants.
14. To skate on in-line skates.