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noun
1.
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
2.
a sword, rapier, or the like.
3.
a similar part, as of a mechanism, used for clearing, wiping, scraping, etc.: the blade of a windshield wiper; the blade of a bulldozer.
4.
the arm of a propeller or other similar rotary mechanism, as an electric fan or turbine.
5.
EXPANDBotany.
a.
the leaf of a plant, especially of a grass or cereal.
b.
the broad part of a leaf, as distinguished from the stalk or petiole.
6.
the metal part of an ice skate that comes into contact with the ice.
7.
a thin, flat part of something, as of an oar or a bone: shoulder blade.
8.
a dashing, swaggering, or jaunty young man: a gay blade from the nearby city.
9.
a swordsman.
10.
Phonetics.
a.
the foremost and most readily flexible portion of the tongue, including the tip and implying the upper and lower surfaces and edges.
b.
the upper surface of the tongue directly behind the tip, lying beneath the alveolar ridge when the tongue is in a resting position.
11.
COLLAPSEthe elongated hind part of a fowl's single comb.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English blæd blade of grass; cognate with Dutch blad, Old Norse blath, German Blatt; akin to blow3
before 1000; Middle English; Old English blæd blade of grass; cognate with Dutch blad, Old Norse blath, German Blatt; akin to blow3
Related forms
blade·less, adjective
mul·ti·blade, noun
un·blade, verb (used with object), un·blad·ed, un·blad·ing.
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Blades
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
blade
O.E. blæd "a leaf," but also "a leaf-like part" (of spade, oar, etc.), from P.Gmc. *bladaz (cf. O.Fris. bled "leaf," Ger. blatt, O.N. blað),
from PIE *bhle-to-, suffixed form (p.p.) of *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see
EXPAND bole). Extended in M.E. to shoulders (c.1300) and swords (early 14c.). The modern use in reference to grass may be a M.E. revival, by influence of O.Fr. bled "corn, wheat" (11c., perhaps from Germanic). The cognate in Ger., blatt, is the general word for "leaf;" laub is used collectively as "foliage." O.N. blað was used in reference to herbs and plants, lauf in reference to trees. This might have been the original distinction in O.E., too.
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blade  (blād) Pronunciation Key
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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