How do you use the word "blade" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "blade": The knife has a keen blade. The tip of the knife blade is sharp.

Blade Meaning

/bleɪd/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

nounThe (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts., A sword or knife.

Sentence Examples

The knife has a keen blade.

The tip of the knife blade is sharp.

The machine comes with a plastic guard over the blade to protect the operator.

CEFR Practice Quiz

He carefully sharpened the dull ____ of the kitchen knife until it gleamed.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He used a very sharp ____ to cut through the thick rubber sheet tonight.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch." — 1904, Great Britain. War Office, Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia): 1904, page 100:

"Paul: Give the Harkonnen a blade and let him stand forth. Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with my blade in his hand." — 1984, 2:08:29 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), →OCLC:

"Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work." — 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:

"He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;" — 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 85:

"But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home." — 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:

Explore More B2 Vocabulary Words