blade

CEFRB2

/bleɪd/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

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

  • The tip of the knife blade is sharp.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sword or knife.

  2. The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

  3. The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

More examples

In context

  • The knife has a keen blade.

  • He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.

  • The gang member got bladed in a fight.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.