Blade

Noun

 * 1) The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade.
 * 2) The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.
 * 3) The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
 * 4)  The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).  The lamina.
 * 5) A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
 * 6) A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
 * 7) The flat part of the tongue.
 * 8)  A sword or knife.
 * 9)  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.
 * 10)  A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
 * 11)  The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
 * 12) A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
 * 13)  A dashing young man.
 * 14)  A homosexual, usually male.
 * 15) Thin plate, foil.

Verb

 * 1)  To skate on rollerblades.

Adjectives for Blade

 * (grass) trembling; springing; wind-rippled; dewy.
 * (man) blushing; foppish; gay; desperate; roistering; brilliant; flashy; overdressed; jolly; generous.
 * (sword) flashing; glittering; whirling; bright; heavy; broad; double-edged; sharp; dull; penetrating; rapier; projecting; fiery; lean; delicate; blameful; bloody; dripping; burn¬ished; avenging; dry; scanty; polished; troublesome; flexible; unwithering; tremu¬lous; freshly-springing; fratricidal; bayleaf-shaped; deadly; reddened; shining; scythe-shaped; trenchant; trusty; unsheathed; well-tempered ; worthy.

Verbs for Blade

 * (sword) carve with—; draw—; drive in—; flash—; forge—; grasp—; heave—; lash with—;redden—; send—home; sheathe—; temper—; withdraw—; —glances off; —lacerates; —pricks.

Derived terms

 * axeblade
 * bladeless
 * bladelet
 * bladelike
 * blade of grass
 * blade sharpener
 * bladesmith
 * doctor blade
 * gay blade


 * microblade
 * oar blade
 * razor blade, razor-blade, razorblade
 * rollerblade
 * shoulder blade, shoulderblade, shoulder-blade
 * snowblade
 * switchblade
 * twayblade
 * hydroblade

Thesaurus
alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, arytenoid cartilages, ax, back, battler, bayonet, beau, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blood, boulevardier, bract, bracteole, bractlet, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, clotheshorse, cold steel, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, cotyledon, coxcomb, cutlass, cutlery, cutter, cutting edge, dagger, dandy, disputant, dorsum, dude, duelist, edge tools, enforcer, exquisite, fashion plate, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, fine gentleman, flag, floral leaf, foilsman, foliole, fop, fribble, frond, gallant, gamecock, gladiator, glume, goon, gorilla, hard palate, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, involucre, involucrum, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jackknife, jouster, knife, knight, lady-killer, lamina, larynx, leaf, leaflet, lemma, ligule, lips, macaroni, man-about-town, masher, militant, naked steel, nasal cavity, needle, oral cavity, palate, penknife, petal, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, pigsticker, pile, pine needle, playboy, plug-ugly, point, poniard, puncturer, puppy, quarreler, rapier, rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, runner, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, seed leaf, sepal, sharpener, shoot, sled, sleigh, snowmobile, soft palate, spark, spathe, spear, speech organ, spire, sport, squabbler, steel, stiletto, stipula, stipule, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, swell, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, syrinx, teeth, teeth ridge, thug, tilter, tip, toad sticker, tongue, tough, trusty sword, tussler, velum, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box, weasel, whittle, wrangler

Etymology
blæd ‘leaf’, from (compare West Frisian bled:, Dutch blad, German Blatt), from  (compare Tocharian A/B pält/pilta 'leaf'), from *bhel- 'to thrive, bloom'. More at blow.