blade
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
Noun 4 meanings
The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
Verb 4 meanings
To skate on rollerblades.
“Want to go blading with me later in the park?”
To furnish with a blade.
To put forth or have a blade.
To stab with a blade
“The gang member got bladed in a fight.”
Etymology
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”).
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BLADE at a glance
BLADE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + L 1 + A 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,100 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with blade
All rhymesOne letter away
- BLAME9
- BLAZE16
- SLADE6
- GLADE7
- BLARE7
- CLADE8
- BLASE7
- BLADY11
- BLATE7
- BLUDE8
- BLADS8
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