- the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- a sword, rapier, or the like.
- a part of a tool or mechanism which is thin and flat with a tapered edge, used for clearing, wiping, scraping, etc.: the blade of a windshield wiper;the blade of a bulldozer.
- the arm of a propeller or other similar rotary mechanism, as an electric fan or turbine.
- Botany.
- the leaf of a plant, especially of a grass or cereal.
- the broad part of a leaf, as distinguished from the stalk or petiole.
- the metal part of an ice skate that comes into contact with the ice.
- a thin, flat part of something, as of an oar or a bone: shoulder blade.
- a prosthetic lower leg, primarily for athletes, ending in a curved strip of flexible carbon fiber that acts as an ankle and foot, allowing running and jumping.
- Phonetics.
- the foremost and most readily flexible portion of the tongue, including the tip and implying the upper and lower surfaces and edges.
- the upper surface of the tongue directly behind the tip, lying beneath the alveolar ridge when the tongue is in a resting position.
- the elongated hind part of a fowl's single comb.
- a swordsman.
- a dashing, swaggering, or jaunty young man: a gay blade from the nearby city.
- the part of a sharp weapon, tool, etc, that forms the cutting edge
- hand shears used for shearing sheep
- the thin flattish part of various tools, implements, etc, as of a propeller, turbine, etc
- the flattened expanded part of a leaf, sepal, or petal
- the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant
- the striking surface of a bat, club, stick, or oar
- the metal runner on an ice skate
- a long thin flake of flint, possibly used as a tool
- the upper part of the tongue lying directly behind the tip
- a dashing or swaggering young man
- short for shoulder blade
- a poetic word for a sword, swordsman
