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noun
  1. 1
    the thin sharp part of a knife, tool, or weapon that cuts things

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

    Parts of tools: attachment, bit, blade, bristle, broomstick, the business end, butt, chuck, claw, edge... more
    1. a.
      the metal bar on the bottom of an ice skate that allows you to move on ice

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

      Skating and sports played on ice: blade, blading, curling, face off, face-off, figure skating, half pipe, hockey, ice hockey, ice rink... more
  2. 2
    a long thin leaf of grass, wheat, etc.

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

    Parts of plants: aerial root, anther, beanstalk, blade, boll, bract, bud, bulb, bur, bur... more
  3. 3
    one of the flat parts of a propeller that spins around and pushes a boat or airplane forward

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

    Parts of boats and ships: aft, amidships, bay, beam, berth, bilge, blade, boom, bow, bowsprit... more
    1. a.
      one of the thin flat parts that spin around and keep a helicopter in the air

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

      Parts of aircraft: aerofoil, aft, aileron, airfoil, altimeter, avionics, AWACS, ballast, bay, black box... more
    2. b.
      the flat part at the end of an oar

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

      Sailing and boating equipment: anchor, ballast, blade, bollard, buoy, flotation device, inboard motor, lifebelt, life jacket, life preserver... more
  4. 4
    old-fashioned a fashionable or attractive young man

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blade*

    Words for people according to their dress: beau, blade, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dag, dandy, dresser, dweeb, fop, metrosexual... more

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