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How to pronounce blade in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms leaf blade
Type of leaf, foliage, leafage
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Synonyms brand, steel, sword
Type of arm, weapon, weapon system
Has types falchion, fencing sword, rapier, backsword, broadsword, cavalry sword, tuck, cutlas, cutlass, sabre, saber
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Synonyms vane
Type of rotating mechanism
Has types rudder blade, fan blade, impeller, paddle
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Type of anatomical structure, body structure, structure, complex body part, bodily structure
Has types web, vane
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Type of cut of beef
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Type of youth, spring chicken, young person, younker


gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures.
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Type of ribbon, thread


a blade of lint on his suit.
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Type of cutting implement
Has types knife blade, razorblade
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Type of runner

Examples of blade

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A couple of large walleye were caught near Goose Island on blade baits recently.
From the thenewstribune.com
When your opponent's blade hits your jacket, the score box sounds off the touch.
From the businessweek.com
That changed when King Camp Gillette debuted his disposable razor blade in 1903.
From the online.wsj.com
Moreover, the loss of the blade unbalances its rotor, causing massive vibration.
From the newscientist.com
Using a metal tile blade in the grinder, follow the line you marked on the tile.
From the stltoday.com
I pray to one day bump into him at 300mph and, unlike him, I don't need a blade.
From the independent.co.uk
Blade of Light is both more powerful and more controlled than Hard Rain Falling.
From the time.com
In most cases yucca leaves are skinny and leathery like a sturdy blade of grass.
From the ocregister.com
Blows with a lawn mower blade severed Guess's left ear and broke his right hand.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
  • A dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
  • Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"
  • Sword: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
  • A cut of beef from the shoulder blade
  • A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
  • In archaeology a blade is a type of stone tool created by striking a long narrow flake from a stone core.
  • Blade, also referred to as The Blade Nation, was an underground computer artscene group that primarily released ANSI, ASCII, and high resolution artwork from 1994 to 1997, and during a brief time in 1998.
  • Blade (Eric Brooks) is a fictional character, a superhero vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character.