noun
- Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
- synonyms: leaf blade
- A dashing young man.
- usage: "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
- Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.
- usage: "a blade of lint on his suit"
- A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
- A cut of beef from the shoulder blade.
- A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue. )
- The part of the skate that slides on the ice.
- Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
- synonyms: vane
- The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge. .
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